CVE-2008-2711
N/A
Published: June 16, 2008 at 09:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 10:54 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorFetchmail
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 3%
Description
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
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
v ≤ 6.3.84.5.14.5.24.5.34.5.44.5.54.5.64.5.74.5.84.6.04.6.14.6.24.6.34.6.44.6.54.6.64.6.74.6.84.6.94.7.04.7.14.7.24.7.34.7.44.7.54.7.64.7.75.0.05.0.15.0.25.0.35.0.45.0.55.0.65.0.75.0.85.1.05.1.45.2.05.2.15.2.35.2.45.2.75.2.85.3.05.3.15.3.35.3.85.4.05.4.35.4.45.4.55.5.05.5.25.5.35.5.55.5.65.6.05.7.05.7.25.7.45.85.8.15.8.115.8.135.8.145.8.175.8.25.8.35.8.45.8.55.8.65.9.05.9.105.9.115.9.135.9.45.9.55.9.86.0.06.1.06.1.36.2.06.2.16.2.26.2.36.2.46.2.56.2.5.16.2.5.26.2.5.46.2.6 pre46.2.6 pre86.2.6 pre96.2.9 rc106.2.9 rc36.2.9 rc46.2.9 rc56.2.9 rc76.2.9 rc86.2.9 rc96.3.06.3.16.3.26.3.36.3.46.3.56.3.66.3.6 rc16.3.6 rc26.3.6 rc36.3.6 rc46.3.6 rc56.3.7
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (25)
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_APPLE
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Feb/msg00000.htmlThird Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/30742Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/30895Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/31262Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/31287Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/33937Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_SLACKWARE
Source: [email protected]
http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2008&m=slackware-security.495740Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-20
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