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CVE-2005-0100

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2005-02-14 emacs -- movemail format string vulnerability

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Details

Type Candidate
Name CVE-2005-0100
Phase Assigned(20050118)

Description

Format string vulnerability in the movemail utility in (1) Emacs 20.x, 21.3, and possibly other versions, and (2) XEmacs 21.4 and earlier, allows remote malicious POP3 servers to execute arbitrary code via crafted packets.

References

Source Reference
DEBIAN DSA-670
DEBIAN DSA-671
DEBIAN DSA-685
FEDORA FLSA-2006:152898
MANDRAKE MDKSA-2005:038
REDHAT RHSA-2005:110
REDHAT RHSA-2005:112
REDHAT RHSA-2005:133
BUGTRAQ 20050207 [USN-76-1] Emacs vulnerability
BID 12462
OVAL oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9408
XF xemacs-movemail-format-string(19246)