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title: "CVE-2007-2958\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2007-2958

Publication date 27 August 2007

Last updated 17 July 2025

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Ubuntu priority

**Medium**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

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## Description

Format string vulnerability in the inc\_put\_error function in src/inc.c in
Sylpheed 2.4.4, and Sylpheed-Claws (Claws Mail) 1.9.100 and 2.10.0, allows
remote POP3 servers to execute arbitrary code via format string specifiers
in crafted replies.

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| claws-mail | 7.10 gutsy | Fixed 2.10.0-3ubuntu3 |
| 7.04 feisty | Not in release |
| 6.10 edgy | Not in release |
| 6.06 LTS dapper | Not in release |
| sylpheed | 7.10 gutsy | Fixed 2.4.5-1 |
| 7.04 feisty | Fixed 2.3.1-1~ubuntu1.1 |
| 6.10 edgy | Fixed 2.2.7-1ubuntu0.1 |
| 6.06 LTS dapper | Fixed 2.2.4-1ubuntu1.1 |
| sylpheed-claws | 7.10 gutsy | Not in release |
| 7.04 feisty | Fixed 1.0.5-5.1ubuntu0.1 |
| 6.10 edgy | Fixed 1.0.5-4ubuntu0.1 |
| 6.06 LTS dapper | Fixed 1.0.5-2ubuntu0.1 |
| sylpheed-claws-gtk2 | 7.10 gutsy | Not in release |
| 7.04 feisty | Fixed 2.6.0-1.1ubuntu1.1 |
| 6.10 edgy | Fixed 2.5.0~rc3-1ubuntu0.1 |
| 6.06 LTS dapper | Fixed 2.1.1-1ubuntu1.1 |

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* [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)
* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-2958)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2007-2958)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2007-2958)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2007-2958)

### Other references

* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2007-2958>