CVE-2006-0559 (GCVE-0-2006-0559)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2006-04-04 14:00
Modified
2024-08-07 16:41
Severity ?
CWE
  • n/a
Summary
Format string vulnerability in the SMTP server for McAfee WebShield 4.5 MR2 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via format strings in the domain name portion of a destination address, which are not properly handled when a bounce message is constructed.
References
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16742 vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/25621 vdb-entry, x_refsource_XF
http://www.osvdb.org/24366 vdb-entry, x_refsource_OSVDB
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/429812/100/0/threaded mailing-list, x_refsource_BUGTRAQ
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/671 third-party-advisory, x_refsource_SREASON
http://securitytracker.com/id?1015861 vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK
http://secunia.com/advisories/19491 third-party-advisory, x_refsource_SECUNIA
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1219 vdb-entry, x_refsource_VUPEN
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
n/a n/a Version: n/a
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