PT-2005-1208

CVE-2005-0100

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Published

2005-02-07

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Updated

2018-10-19

Description by

CVSS 2.0
7.5
High
MetricsAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Emacs versions 20.x through 21.3 XEmacs versions prior to 21.4
Description The issue is related to a format string vulnerability in the movemail utility. This vulnerability allows remote malicious POP3 servers to execute arbitrary code via crafted packets.
Recommendations For Emacs versions 20.x through 21.3, update to a version later than 21.3 to resolve the issue. For XEmacs versions prior to 21.4, update to version 21.4 or later to resolve the issue.
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Related identifiers
DSA-670-1
DSA-671-1
DSA-685-1
RHSA-2005:110
RHSA-2005_110
RHSA-2005:112
RHSA-2005_112
RHSA-2005:133
RHSA-2005_133
RHSA-2005:134
RHSA-2005_134
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