{ "CVE_data_meta": { "ASSIGNER": "cve@mitre.org", "ID": "CVE-2007-5740", "STATE": "PUBLIC" }, "affects": { "vendor": { "vendor_data": [ { "product": { "product_data": [ { "product_name": "n/a", "version": { "version_data": [ { "version_value": "n/a" } ] } } ] }, "vendor_name": "n/a" } ] } }, "data_format": "MITRE", "data_type": "CVE", "data_version": "4.0", "description": { "description_data": [ { "lang": "eng", "value": "The format string protection mechanism in IMAPD for Perdition Mail Retrieval Proxy 1.17 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via an IMAP tag with a null byte followed by a format string specifier, which is not counted by the mechanism." } ] }, "problemtype": { "problemtype_data": [ { "description": [ { "lang": "eng", "value": "n/a" } ] } ] }, "references": { "reference_data": [ { "name": "27520", "refsource": "SECUNIA", "url": "http://secunia.com/advisories/27520" }, { "name": "1018883", "refsource": "SECTRACK", "url": "http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018883" }, { "name": "http://www.vergenet.net/linux/perdition/ChangeLog.shtml", "refsource": "CONFIRM", "url": "http://www.vergenet.net/linux/perdition/ChangeLog.shtml" }, { "name": "http://www.sec-consult.com/300.html", "refsource": "MISC", "url": "http://www.sec-consult.com/300.html" }, { "name": "20071031 SEC Consult SA-20071031-0 :: Perdition IMAP Proxy Format String Vulnerability", "refsource": "FULLDISC", "url": "http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2007-10/0889.html" }, { "name": "DSA-1398", "refsource": "DEBIAN", "url": "http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1398" }, { "name": "27458", "refsource": "SECUNIA", "url": "http://secunia.com/advisories/27458" }, { "name": "perdition-imap-strvwrite-format-string(38184)", "refsource": "XF", "url": "https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/38184" }, { "name": "ADV-2007-3677", "refsource": "VUPEN", "url": "http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3677" }, { "name": "20071031 SEC Consult SA-20071031-0 :: Perdition IMAP Proxy Format StringVulnerability", "refsource": "BUGTRAQ", "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/483034/100/0/threaded" }, { "name": "26270", "refsource": "BID", "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26270" } ] } }