21906 : Fetchmail Multidrop Mode Headerless Message Remote DoS
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Disclosure

Dec 19, 2005

Discovery

Unknown

Dates

Exploit

Unknown

Solution

Unknown

Keywords

No Keywords

Description

Fetchmail contains a flaw that may allow a remote denial of service. The issue is triggered when fetchmail is configured for multidrop mode and the upstream mail server sends a message without headers, and will result in a loss of availability for the application.

Classification

Location: Remote/Network Access Required
Attack Type: Denial of Service, Input Manipulation
Impact: Loss of Availability
Exploit: Exploit Unknown
Disclosure: OSVDB Verified

Solution

Upgrade to version 6.2.5.5 or higher, as it has been reported to fix this vulnerability. An upgrade is required as there are no known workarounds.

Products

Fetchmail	Fetchmail	6.3.0
		6.2.5.4

References

Security Tracker: 1015383
Secunia Advisory ID: 17891 18172 18231 18266 18433 18463 18895 21253 24007 24284 24506
CVE ID: 2005-4348 (see also: NVD)
Other Advisory URL: ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20070201-01-P.asc http://fetchmail.berlios.de/fetchmail-SA-2005-03.txt
http://lists.suse.com/archive/suse-security-announce/2007-Mar/0005.html
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-939
http://www.trustix.org/errata/2006/0002/
http://www.ubuntulinux.org/usn/usn-233-1
http://wwwnew.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:236
Mail List Post: http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/vulnwatch/2005-q4/0077.html
Vendor Specific Advisory URL: http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=304063
http://fetchmail.berlios.de/fetchmail-SA-2005-03.txt
http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2006&m=slackware- ......
RedHat RHSA: RHSA-2007:0018

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