Vulnerability Name:

CVE-2008-5006 (CCN-46604)

Assigned:2008-11-03
Published:2008-11-03
Updated:2017-08-08
Summary:smtp.c in the c-client library in University of Washington IMAP Toolkit 2007b allows remote SMTP servers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) by responding to the QUIT command with a close of the TCP connection instead of the expected 221 response code.
CVSS v3 Severity:5.3 Medium (CCN CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L)
Exploitability Metrics:Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): None
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope:Scope (S): Unchanged
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availibility (A): Low
CVSS v2 Severity:5.0 Medium (CVSS v2 Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
3.7 Low (Temporal CVSS v2 Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P/E:U/RL:OF/RC:C)
Exploitability Metrics:Access Vector (AV): Network
Access Complexity (AC): Low
Authentication (Au): None
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availibility (A): Partial
5.0 Medium (CCN CVSS v2 Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
3.7 Low (CCN Temporal CVSS v2 Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P/E:U/RL:OF/RC:C)
Exploitability Metrics:Access Vector (AV): Network
Access Complexity (AC): Low
Athentication (Au): None
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availibility (A): Partial
Vulnerability Type:CWE-noinfo
CWE-399
Vulnerability Consequences:Denial of Service
References:Source: CCN
Type: IMAP FTP page
Index of ftp://ftp.cac.washington.edu/imap/

Source: MITRE
Type: CNA
CVE-2008-5006

Source: SECUNIA
Type: UNKNOWN
33142

Source: DEBIAN
Type: UNKNOWN
DSA-1685

Source: DEBIAN
Type: DSA-1685
uw-imap -- buffer overflows

Source: MANDRIVA
Type: UNKNOWN
MDVSA-2009:146

Source: CCN
Type: oss-security Mailing List, Mon, 3 Nov 2008 16:37:43 +0100
Re: CVE request - uw-imap

Source: MLIST
Type: UNKNOWN
[oss-security] 20081103 Re: CVE request - uw-imap

Source: CCN
Type: OSVDB ID: 49793
IMAP Toolkit c-client Library smtp.c Malformed QUIT Command Syntax Remote DoS

Source: BID
Type: UNKNOWN
32280

Source: CCN
Type: BID-32280
University of Washington IMAP 'smtp.c' Null Pointer Dereference Denial of Service Vulnerability

Source: CCN
Type: IMAP Web page
IMAP Information Center

Source: XF
Type: UNKNOWN
imap-toolkit-smtp-dos(46604)

Source: XF
Type: UNKNOWN
imap-toolkit-smtp-dos(46604)

Source: SUSE
Type: SUSE-SR:2009:001
SUSE Security Summary Report

Vulnerable Configuration:Configuration 1:
  • cpe:/a:university_of_washington:imap_toolkit:2007b:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

    • Configuration CCN 1:
  • cpe:/a:university_of_washington:imap_toolkit:2007b:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • AND
  • cpe:/o:mandrakesoft:mandrake_linux_corporate_server:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/o:mandrakesoft:mandrake_linux_corporate_server:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/o:mandrakesoft:mandrake_linux_corporate_server:4.0::x86_64:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/o:mandrakesoft:mandrake_linux_corporate_server:3.0::x86_64:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/o:mandrakesoft:mandrake_linux:2008.0::x86-64:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/o:mandrakesoft:mandrake_linux:2008.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/o:mandrakesoft:mandrake_linux:2008.1:x86_64:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/o:mandrakesoft:mandrake_linux:2008.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/o:mandriva:linux:2009.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/o:mandriva:linux:2009.0:-:x86_64:*:*:*:*:*

    • * Denotes that component is vulnerable
    Oval Definitions
    Definition IDClassTitleLast Modified
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:20085006
    V
    		CVE-2008-5006
    2015-11-16
    oval:org.mitre.oval:def:8142
    P
    		DSA-1685 uw-imap -- buffer overflows, null pointer dereference
    2014-06-23
    oval:org.mitre.oval:def:19876
    P
    		DSA-1685-1 uw-imap - multiple vulnerabilities
    2014-06-23
    oval:org.debian:def:1685
    V
    		buffer overflows, null pointer dereference
    2008-12-12
    BACK
    university_of_washington imap toolkit 2007b
    university_of_washington imap toolkit 2007b
    mandrakesoft mandrake linux corporate server 3.0
    mandrakesoft mandrake linux corporate server 4.0
    mandrakesoft mandrake linux corporate server 4.0
    mandrakesoft mandrake linux corporate server 3.0
    mandrakesoft mandrake linux 2008.0
    debian debian linux 4.0
    mandrakesoft mandrake linux 2008.0
    mandrakesoft mandrake linux 2008.1 x86_64
    mandrakesoft mandrake linux 2008.1
    mandriva linux 2009.0
    mandriva linux 2009.0 -