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UW-imapd c-client Library Off-by-one Vulnerability
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA33275
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Release Date:
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2008-12-22
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Popularity:
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2,123 views
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Critical:
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Less critical
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Impact:
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DoS
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Where:
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From remote
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Solution Status:
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Vendor Patch
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| Software: | UW-imapd
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Secunia CVSS-2 Score:
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Available in Secunia business solutions 
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| Advisory Content (Page 1 of 3) | [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] | |
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Description:
A vulnerability has been reported in UW-imapd, which can be exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service).
The vulnerability is caused due to a boundary error within the "rfc822_output_char()" function in the c-client library. This can be exploited to cause a buffer overflow with one byte and crash an application using the library.
The vulnerability is reported in versions prior to 2007e.
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