CVE-2006-5974
N/A
Published: January 9, 2007 at 12:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 10:32 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorFetchmail
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 4%
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.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (18)
Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/23631Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/23804Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/23838Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/23923Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/24151Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-20
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