CVE-2005-2661

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 12.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2005-10-14 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Format string vulnerability in the ParseBannerAndCapability function in main.c for up-imapproxy 1.2.3 and 1.2.4 allows remote IMAP servers to execute arbitrary code via format string specifiers in a banner or capability line.

Affected products

Up-Imapproxy: 1.2.3, 1.2.4

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/17100/
http://secunia.com/advisories/17120
http://secunia.com/advisories/19113
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/547
http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-852
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200603-04.xml
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15048
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/2014
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/2015
http://secunia.com/advisories/17100/
http://secunia.com/advisories/17120
http://secunia.com/advisories/19113

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