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high 7.5

CVE-2005-2933 json

Buffer overflow in the mail_valid_net_parse_work function in mail.c for Washington's IMAP Server (UW-IMAP) before imap-2004g allows remote…

published 2005-10-13 21 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2005-2933

cvss
7.5
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
8.5%
EPSS 8.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 95%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Buffer overflow in the mail_valid_net_parse_work function in mail.c for Washington's IMAP Server (UW-IMAP) before imap-2004g allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a mailbox name containing a single double-quote (") character without a closing quote, which causes bytes after the double-quote to be copied into a buffer indefinitely.

Patch / fix

  • uw-imap Debian 12 7:2002edebian1-12

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2005-2933

  • php RHEL 3 4.3.2-30.ent
  • php RHEL 4 4.3.9-3.12
  • php-gd RHEL 4 4.3.9-3.12
  • php-imap RHEL 3 4.3.2-30.ent
  • php-imap RHEL 4 4.3.9-3.12
  • php-ldap RHEL 3 4.3.2-30.ent
  • php-ldap RHEL 4 4.3.9-3.12
  • php-odbc RHEL 3 4.3.2-30.ent

red hat advisories RHSA-2006:0276RHSA-2005:850RHSA-2005:848

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2005-2933 updated

security flaw

  • Red Hat Desktop version 3 imap 2002d-12, php 4.3.2-30.ent, imap-utils 2002d-12, php-imap 4.3.2-30.ent, php-ldap 4.3.2-30.ent, php-odbc 4.3.2-30.ent, +2 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 3 imap 2002d-12, php 4.3.2-30.ent, imap-utils 2002d-12, php-imap 4.3.2-30.ent, php-ldap 4.3.2-30.ent, php-odbc 4.3.2-30.ent, +2 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2005:850
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4 php 4.3.9-3.12, php-gd 4.3.9-3.12, php-imap 4.3.9-3.12, php-ldap 4.3.9-3.12, php-odbc 4.3.9-3.12, php-pear 4.3.9-3.12, +8 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4 php 4.3.9-3.12, php-gd 4.3.9-3.12, php-imap 4.3.9-3.12, php-ldap 4.3.9-3.12, php-odbc 4.3.9-3.12, php-pear 4.3.9-3.12, +8 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2006:0276
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 2.1
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2006:0501
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 3 imap 2002d-12, php 4.3.2-30.ent, imap-utils 2002d-12, php-imap 4.3.2-30.ent, php-ldap 4.3.2-30.ent, php-odbc 4.3.2-30.ent, +2 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2005:850
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4 php 4.3.9-3.12, php-gd 4.3.9-3.12, php-imap 4.3.9-3.12, php-ldap 4.3.9-3.12, php-odbc 4.3.9-3.12, php-pear 4.3.9-3.12, +8 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2006:0276
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 2.1
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2006:0501
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 3 imap 2002d-12, php 4.3.2-30.ent, imap-utils 2002d-12, php-imap 4.3.2-30.ent, php-ldap 4.3.2-30.ent, php-odbc 4.3.2-30.ent, +2 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2005:850
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4 php 4.3.9-3.12, php-gd 4.3.9-3.12, php-imap 4.3.9-3.12, php-ldap 4.3.9-3.12, php-odbc 4.3.9-3.12, php-pear 4.3.9-3.12, +8 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2006:0276
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  • Red Hat Linux Advanced Workstation 2.1
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2006:0501
  • Red Hat Stronghold 4.0 for Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (version 2.1)
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2006:0549

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Exploit prediction

8.46% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 95% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 7.5 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

References

Sources

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