VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2005-1824

CVSS score7.5 HIGH
EPSS probability1.08%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2005-06-02
Last modified2026-06-16
CVSS vectorAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Description

The sql_escape_string function in auth/sql.c for the mailutils SQL authentication module does not properly quote the "\" (backslash) character, which is used as an escape character and makes the module vulnerable to SQL injection attacks.

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