CVE-2007-5740

NameCVE-2007-5740
DescriptionThe format string protection mechanism in IMAPD for Perdition Mail Retrieval Proxy 1.17 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via an IMAP tag with a null byte followed by a format string specifier, which is not counted by the mechanism.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
ReferencesDSA-1398-1, DTSA-84-1
Debian Bugs448853

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
perdition (PTS)bullseye2.2-3.1fixed
bookworm2.2-3.2fixed
sid, trixie2.2-3.4fixed

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

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
perditionsourcesarge1.15-5sarge1DSA-1398-1
perditionsourceetch1.17-7etch1DSA-1398-1
perditionsourcelenny1.17-8+lenny1DTSA-84-1
perditionsource(unstable)1.17.1-1medium448853
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