2699 : Fetchmail Email Long Line Handling DoS
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Last Modified
3 months ago

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65%

Disclosure
Oct 20, 2003

Discovery
Unknown

Dates

Exploit
Unknown

Solution
Unknown

Description

 There is a flaw in versions of fetchmail 6.2.4 and prior that allows a remote attacker to cause a Denial of Service. Fetchmail does not properly allocate memory for long lines and could cause the application to crash.

Classification

Unknown or Incomplete

Solution

 Upgrade to fetchmail 6.2.5.

Products
Fetchmail
Watch-list
Fetchmail
Watch-list
 5.9.0
6.2.4

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