[4795] in bugtraq
Re: Linux imapd remote vunerability.
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Alex Nobert)
Wed Jun 25 20:50:43 1997
Date: Wed, 25 Jun 1997 13:08:26 -0400
Reply-To: Alex Nobert <alexn@UACT.NET>
From: Alex Nobert <alexn@UACT.NET>
X-To: inter <inter@BLUE.MISNET.COM>
To: BUGTRAQ@NETSPACE.ORG
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSI.3.95.970625013633.8257B-100000@blue.misnet.com>
On Wed, 25 Jun 1997, inter wrote:
> I was waiting for something like this, typical bufferoverflow I am not
> sure however if it exists in slackware, (most slackware boxes I have seen
> dont even have imapd running default). Anyhow, RedHat 4.1 and under are
> exploitable. Just kill imapd no real point in running
> it anyhow.
That bug was fixed in RedHat 4.1.. imap4rev1 and up are fixed.
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