CVE-2002-1782

NameCVE-2002-1782
DescriptionThe default configuration of University of Washington IMAP daemon (wu-imapd), when running on a system that does not allow shell access, allows a local user with a valid IMAP account to read arbitrary files as that user.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
Debian Bugs315499

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
uw-imap (PTS)buster8:2007f~dfsg-6fixed
bookworm, bullseye, sid, trixie8:2007f~dfsg-7fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
uw-imapsource(unstable)7:2002ddebian1-2unimportant315499

Notes

This only applies to very exotic setups. It's also documented in the FAQ
and if someone has such a setup she will have to recompile the package with
the security features enabled.

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