CVE-2006-3242
N/A
Published: June 27, 2006 at 10:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 10:26 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorMutt
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 6%
Description
Stack-based buffer overflow in the browse_get_namespace function in imap/browse.c of Mutt 1.4.2.1 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or execute arbitrary code via long namespaces received from the IMAP server.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
- ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20060701-01-U
- http://secunia.com/advisories/20810
- http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2006&m=slackware-security.472221
- http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1108
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200606-27.xml
References (30)
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_SGI
Source: [email protected]
ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20060701-01-Ux_refsource_CONFIRM
Source: [email protected]
http://dev.mutt.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/mutt/imap/browse.c?r1=1.34.2.2&r2=1.34.2.3Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/20810Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
NVD-CWE-Other
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