National Cyber-Alert System
Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2006-2502
Original release date:05/22/2006
Last revised:09/05/2008
Source:
US-CERT/NIST
Overview
Stack-based buffer overflow in pop3d in Cyrus IMAPD (cyrus-imapd) 2.3.2, when the popsubfolders option is enabled, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long USER command.
Impact
CVSS Severity (version 2.0):
Impact Subscore:
6.4
Exploitability Subscore:
4.9
CVSS Version 2 Metrics:
Access Vector: Network exploitable
Access Complexity: High
Authentication: Not required to exploit
Impact Type:Provides user account access, Allows partial confidentiality, integrity, and availability violation; Allows unauthorized disclosure of information; Allows disruption of service
- Official Statement from Red Hat (08/30/2006)
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Not vulnerable. This issue does not affect the versions of cyrus-imapd distributed with Red Hat Enterprise Linux.
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External Source: BID
Name: 18056
External Source: VUPEN
Name: ADV-2006-1891
Type: Advisory
External Source: FULLDISC
Name: 20060521 Cyrus IMAPD pop3d remote compromise aka cyrusFUCK3d
External Source: XF
Name: cyrus-imap-pop3d-bo(26578)
External Source: SECTRACK
Name: 1016131
