CVE-2008-2711
At a glance
- Source
- NVD
- EPSS
- EPSS 3.00 % · percentile 87 ()
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Published
- Updated
- Assigner
- mitre
- NVD status
- Modified
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.
Weaknesses (CWE)
- CWE-20 — Improper Input Validation
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
Scores
| Version | Score | Vector | Scored by |
|---|---|---|---|
| CVSS 2.0 | MEDIUM 4.3 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P | NVD · nvd@nist.gov (Primary) |
European references
- ENISA EUVD · EUVD-2008-2705
- GCVE · GCVE-0-2008-2711
CERT-FR advisories
- CERTA-2009-AVI-068 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans Apple Mac OS X · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
Affected configurations (NVD CPE)
cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*≤ 6.3.8cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:4.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:4.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:4.5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:4.5.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:4.5.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:4.5.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:4.5.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:4.5.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:4.6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:4.6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:4.6.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:4.6.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:4.6.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:4.6.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:4.6.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:4.6.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:4.6.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:4.6.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:4.7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:4.7.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:4.7.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:4.7.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:4.7.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:4.7.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:4.7.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:4.7.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:5.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:5.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:5.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:5.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:5.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:5.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:5.0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:5.0.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:5.0.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:5.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:5.1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:5.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:5.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*- +74 more
Affected products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
| affected n/a |
Sources
| Source | Licence |
|---|---|
| CVE List (CVEProject cvelistV5) | CVE Program Terms of Use |
| EPSS (FIRST.org) | FIRST — attribution requested |
| ENISA EUVD | ENISA — reproduction authorised, source acknowledged |
| CERT-FR (ANSSI) | Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0 |
| NVD (NIST) via fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feeds | Public domain — this product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD |