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uw-imap — security advisory

Type: advisorySources: OSVAdvisory ID: DEBIAN-CVE-2002-1782

The default configuration of University of Washington IMAP daemon (wu-imapd), when running on a system that does not allow shell access, allows a local user with a valid IMAP account to read arbitrary files as that user.

Products
uw-imap
Affected versions
Not specified
Fixed versions
7:2002ddebian1-2
CVEs
CVE-2002-1782
Confirmed fixed CVEs
Not specified
Updated in this feed
31 Oct 2026, 20:11 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

DEBIAN-CVE-2002-1782

core-osv · Original source

Published 31 Dec 2002, 05:00 UTC

The default configuration of University of Washington IMAP daemon (wu-imapd), when running on a system that does not allow shell access, allows a local user with a valid IMAP account to read arbitrary files as that user.

osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2002-1782

uw-imap

Fixed versions: 7:2002ddebian1-2

Complete source record
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  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2002-1782",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "DEBIAN-CVE-2002-1782",
    "summary": "The default configuration of University of Washington IMAP daemon (wu-imapd), when running on a system that does not allow shell access, allows a local user with a valid IMAP account to read arbitrary files as that user.",
    "evidence": "osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2002-1782",
    "products": [
      {
        "name": {
          "value": "uw-imap",
          "evidence": "/affected/0/package/name"
        },
        "prerequisites": [],
        "fixed_versions": [
          {
            "value": "7:2002ddebian1-2",
            "evidence": "/affected/0/ranges"
          }
        ],
        "affected_versions": []
      }
    ],
    "severity": "unknown",
    "structured": {
      "id": "DEBIAN-CVE-2002-1782",
      "aliases": [
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      ],
      "affected": [
        {
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            {
              "type": "ECOSYSTEM",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "0"
                },
                {
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                }
              ]
            }
          ],
          "package": {
            "name": "uw-imap",
            "purl": "pkg:deb/debian/uw-imap?arch=source&distro=bookworm",
            "ecosystem": "Debian:12"
          },
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2002-1782.json"
          },
          "ecosystem_specific": {
            "urgency": "unimportant"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-22T23:47:21.935604149Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "upstream": [
        "CVE-2002-1782"
      ],
      "references": [
        "https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2002-1782"
      ]
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2002-1782",
        "evidence": "/upstream"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": null
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 410334,
  "published_at": "2002-12-31T05:00:00+00:00"
}