imap-uw -- mailbox name handling remote buffer vulnerability

Description:

FrSIRT reports:

A vulnerability has been identified in UW-IMAP, which could be exploited by remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands. This flaw is due to a stack overflow error in the "mail_valid_net_parse_work()" [src/c-client/mail.c] function that does not properly handle specially crafted mailbox names containing a quote (") character, which could be exploited by authenticated remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands with the privileges of the IMAP server.

References:

• CVE name CVE-2005-2933
• URL: <http://www.frsirt.com/english/advisories/2005/1953>
• URL: <http://www.idefense.com/application/poi/display?id=313&type=vulnerabilities>
• URL: <http://www.washington.edu/imap/documentation/RELNOTES.html>

Affects:

• imap-uw <2004g

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