CVE-2006-5974
fetchmail 6.3.5 and 6.3.6 before 6.3.6-rc4, when refusing a message delivered via the mda option, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via unknown vectors that trigger a NULL pointer dereference when calling the (1) ferror or (2)…
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (3.91%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
fetchmail 6.3.5 and 6.3.6 before 6.3.6-rc4, when refusing a message delivered via the mda option, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via unknown vectors that trigger a NULL pointer dereference when calling the (1) ferror or (2) fflush functions.
- CVSS 2.0
- 7.8 HIGHAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
- EPSS
- 3.91% probability · 90th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-20
- Affected
- fetchmail/fetchmail
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://fedoranews.org/cms/node/2429
- http://fetchmail.berlios.de/fetchmail-SA-2006-03.txt
- http://osvdb.org/31836
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23631Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23804Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23838Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23923Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24151Vendor Advisory
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200701-13.xml
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1017479
- http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2007&m=slackware-security.517995
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_4_sr.html
- http://www.openpkg.com/security/advisories/OpenPKG-SA-2007.004.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/456114/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21902Patch
- http://www.trustix.org/errata/2007/0007
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0087
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0088
- http://fedoranews.org/cms/node/2429
- http://fetchmail.berlios.de/fetchmail-SA-2006-03.txt
- http://osvdb.org/31836
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23631Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23804Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23838Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23923Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24151Vendor Advisory
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200701-13.xml
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1017479
- http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2007&m=slackware-security.517995
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_4_sr.html
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.