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mailutils — security advisory
Format string vulnerability in search.c in the imap4d server in GNU Mailutils 0.6 allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary code via format string specifiers in the SEARCH command.
- Products
- mailutils
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- 1:0.6.90-3
- CVEs
- CVE-2005-2878
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 31 Oct 2026, 20:45 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
Format string vulnerability in search.c in the imap4d server in GNU Mailutils 0.6 allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary code via format string specifiers in the SEARCH command.
osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2005-2878
mailutils
Fixed versions: 1:0.6.90-3
mailutils
Fixed versions: 1:0.6.90-3
mailutils
Fixed versions: 1:0.6.90-3
Complete source record
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