CVE-2005-3182

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 4.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2005-10-20 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Buffer overflow in the HTTP management interface for GFI MailSecurity 8.1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via long headers such as (1) Host and (2) Accept in HTTP requests. NOTE: the vendor suggests that this issues is "in an underlying Microsoft technology" which, if true, could mean that the overflow affects other products as well.

Affected products

GFI Mailsecurity: 8.1

References

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2005-10/0290.html
http://kbase.gfi.com/showarticle.asp?id=KBID002451
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=112914475508191&w=2
http://secunia.com/advisories/17136/
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/74
http://securitytracker.com/id?1015046
http://www.osvdb.org/19926
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15081
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2005-10/0290.html
http://kbase.gfi.com/showarticle.asp?id=KBID002451
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=112914475508191&w=2
http://secunia.com/advisories/17136/

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