Description
Buffer overflow in University of Washington imap server (uw-imapd) imap-2001 (imapd 2001.315) and imap-2001a (imapd 2001.315) with legacy RFC 1730 support, and imapd 2000.287 and earlier, allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary code via a long BODY request.
Public exploits
Exploit or proof-of-concept code for this vulnerability is publicly available, which lowers the bar for attackers. Treat it as a reason to patch sooner.
Third-party code, not reviewed by us. Public PoCs are sometimes fake or contain malware. Read the code first and run it only in an isolated lab, against systems you are authorised to test.
Exploit-DB 2
- WU-IMAPd 2000/2001 - Partial Mailbox Attribute Remote Buffer Overflow (1) EDB-21442 · remote · May 10, 2002 · verified
- WU-IMAPd 2000/2001 - Partial Mailbox Attribute Remote Buffer Overflow (2) EDB-21443 · remote · May 10, 2002 · verified
Sources: PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB — updated daily. Only links are listed; no exploit code is hosted here.
References
- ESA-20020607-013 vendor-advisory
- 4713 vdb-entry
- 20020510 wu-imap buffer overflow condition mailing-list
- http://www.washington.edu/imap/buffer.html
- RHSA-2002:092 vendor-advisory
- wuimapd-authenticated-user-bo(10803) vdb-entry
- CLA-2002:487 vendor-advisory
- HPSBTL0205-043 vendor-advisory
- wuimapd-partial-mailbox-bo(9055) vdb-entry
- MDKSA-2002:034 vendor-advisory
- VU#961489 third-party-advisory