DEBIAN-CVE-2008-5514

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Source
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2008-5514
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2008-5514.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/DEBIAN-CVE-2008-5514
Upstream
Downstream
Published
2008-12-23T18:30:03Z
Modified
2026-09-03T10:47:41Z
Summary
[none]
Details

Off-by-one error in the rfc822_output_char function in the RFC822BUFFER routines in the University of Washington (UW) c-client library, as used by the UW IMAP toolkit before imap-2007e and other applications, allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via an e-mail message that triggers a buffer overflow.

References

Affected packages

Debian:12 / alpine

Package

Name
alpine
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/alpine?arch=source&distro=bookworm

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.02-3.1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency":  "low"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2008-5514.json"

Debian:13 / alpine

Package

Name
alpine
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/alpine?arch=source&distro=trixie

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.02-3.1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency":  "low"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2008-5514.json"

Debian:14 / alpine

Package

Name
alpine
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/alpine?arch=source&distro=forky

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.02-3.1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency":  "low"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2008-5514.json"

Debian:12 / uw-imap

Package

Name
uw-imap
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/uw-imap?arch=source&distro=bookworm

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2007b~dfsg-1.1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency":  "medium"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2008-5514.json"