CVE

Id
4395  
CVE No.
CVE-2002-0001  
Status
Candidate  
Description
Vulnerability in RFC822 address parser in mutt before 1.2.5.1 and mutt 1.3.x before 1.3.25 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via an improperly terminated comment or phrase in the address list.  
Phase
Modified (20050707)  
Votes
ACCEPT(4) Baker, Cole, Green, Wall | MODIFY(1) Frech | NOOP(2) Christey, Foat  
Comments
Christey> I need to review this for accuracy; is it just a buffer | overflow? See Mark Cox" comments in his "Chinese Whisper" | article. | Frech> XF:mutt-address-handling-bo(7759) | Christey> See Caldera advisory for a good, short description of the | issue. | BID:3774 | URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3774 | SUSE:SuSE-SA:2002:001 | URL:http://www.suse.de/de/support/security/2002_001_mutt_txt.html | CONECTIVA:CLA-2002:449 | DEBIAN:DSA-096 | FREEBSD:FreeBSD-SA-02:04 | HP:HPSBTL0201-011 | URL:http://online.securityfocus.com/advisories/3778 | CALDERA:CSSA-2002-002.0 | URL:http://www.calderasystems.com/support/security/advisories/CSSA-2002-002.0.txt