Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Jun 27, 2006· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2006-3242
CVE-2006-3242
Description
Stack-based buffer overflow in the browse_get_namespace function in imap/browse.c of Mutt 1.4.2.1 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or execute arbitrary code via long namespaces received from the IMAP server.
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References
30- secunia.com/advisories/20810nvdVendor Advisory
- patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20060701-01-Unvd
- dev.mutt.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cginvd
- dev.mutt.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/mutt/imap/browse.cnvd
- secunia.com/advisories/20836nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/20854nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/20879nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/20887nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/20895nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/20960nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/21039nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/21124nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/21135nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/21220nvd
- securitytracker.com/idnvd
- slackware.com/security/viewer.phpnvd
- www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1108nvd
- www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200606-27.xmlnvd
- www.mandriva.com/security/advisoriesnvd
- www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_16_sr.htmlnvd
- www.openpkg.org/security/advisories/OpenPKG-SA-2006.013-mutt.htmlnvd
- www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0577.htmlnvd
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/438712/100/0/threadednvd
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/18642nvd
- www.trustix.org/errata/2006/0038nvd
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2522nvd
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/27428nvd
- issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-471nvd
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10826nvd
- usn.ubuntu.com/307-1/nvd
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