CVE-2008-2711

Summary

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.

Affected Software

Weaknesses

• n/a

ADP Enrichment

CVE Program Container

Additional References

• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1860/references
• http://secunia.com/advisories/31287
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/494865/100/0/threaded
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020298
• http://secunia.com/advisories/33937
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/493391/100/0/threaded
• http://secunia.com/advisories/31262
• http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0235
• http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3438
• http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Feb/msg00000.html
• http://secunia.com/advisories/30895
• https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-June/msg01095.html
• https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-June/msg01091.html
• http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2008&m=slackware-security.495740
• http://www.fetchmail.info/fetchmail-SA-2008-01.txt
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0422
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29705
• https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2623
• https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=354291
• http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:117
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43121
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/06/13/1
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10950
• http://secunia.com/advisories/30742
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/08/09/1

References

• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1860/references
• http://secunia.com/advisories/31287
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/494865/100/0/threaded
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020298
• http://secunia.com/advisories/33937
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/493391/100/0/threaded
• http://secunia.com/advisories/31262
• http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0235
• http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3438
• http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Feb/msg00000.html
• http://secunia.com/advisories/30895
• https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-June/msg01095.html
• https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-June/msg01091.html
• http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2008&m=slackware-security.495740
• http://www.fetchmail.info/fetchmail-SA-2008-01.txt
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0422
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29705
• https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2623
• https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=354291
• http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:117
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43121
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/06/13/1
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10950
• http://secunia.com/advisories/30742
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/08/09/1

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