Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Nov 10, 2008· Updated Jun 16, 2026

CVE-2008-5006

Description

smtp.c in the c-client library in University of Washington IMAP Toolkit 2007b allows remote SMTP servers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) by responding to the QUIT command with a close of the TCP connection instead of the expected 221 response code.

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Affected products

University of Washington/IMAP Toolkit2 versions
cpe:2.3:a:university_of_washington:imap_toolkit:2007b:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:a:university_of_washington:imap_toolkit:2007b:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- (no CPE)range: 2007b

Patches

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References

secunia.com/advisories/33142nvd
www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1685nvd
www.mandriva.com/security/advisoriesnvd
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/11/03/5nvd
www.securityfocus.com/bid/32280nvd
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46604nvd

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