CVE-2008-2711

fetchmail < 6.3.8 - Denial of Service via Long Mail Headers in Verbose Mode

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

fetchmail 6.3.8 and earlier, when running in -v -v (aka verbose) mode, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash and persistent mail failure) via a malformed mail message with long headers, which triggers an erroneous dereference when using vsnprintf to format log messages.

References (25)

Core 25
Core References
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3438
Third Party Advisory vdb-entry x_refsource_vupen
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1860/references
Vendor Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/31287
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry mailing-list x_refsource_bugtraq
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/494865/100/0/threaded
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_sectrack
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020298
Vendor Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/33937
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry mailing-list x_refsource_bugtraq
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/493391/100/0/threaded
Vendor Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/31262
Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0235
Mailing List vendor-advisory x_refsource_apple
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Feb/msg00000.html
Vendor Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/30895
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_fedora
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-June/msg01095.html
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_fedora
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-June/msg01091.html
Various Sources x_refsource_confirm
http://www.fetchmail.info/fetchmail-SA-2008-01.txt
Third Party Advisory vdb-entry x_refsource_vupen
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0422
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29705
Issue Tracking x_refsource_confirm
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2623
Issue Tracking x_refsource_misc
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=354291
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_mandriva
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:117
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_xf
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43121
Mailing List mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/06/13/1
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry signature x_refsource_oval
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10950
Vendor Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/30742
Mailing List mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/08/09/1

Scores

EPSS 0.0300
EPSS Percentile 85.8%

Details

CWE
CWE-20
Status published
Products (50)
fetchmail/fetchmail 4.5.1
fetchmail/fetchmail 4.5.2
fetchmail/fetchmail 4.5.3
fetchmail/fetchmail 4.5.4
fetchmail/fetchmail 4.5.5
fetchmail/fetchmail 4.5.6
fetchmail/fetchmail 4.5.7
fetchmail/fetchmail 4.5.8
fetchmail/fetchmail 4.6.0
fetchmail/fetchmail 4.6.1
... and 40 more
Published Jun 16, 2008
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026