CVE-2008-2711: Input Validation
Published Jun 16, 2008
·Updated
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
114 affected components
Fetchmail Fetchmail=5.6.0
Fetchmail Fetchmail=5.2.1
Fetchmail Fetchmail=4.7.6
Fetchmail Fetchmail=4.6.4
Fetchmail Fetchmail=5.4.3
Fetchmail Fetchmail=5.8.4
Fetchmail Fetchmail=4.7.0
Fetchmail Fetchmail=5.8
Fetchmail Fetchmail=5.0.1
Fetchmail Fetchmail=4.7.3
Fetchmail Fetchmail=6.3.5
Fetchmail Fetchmail=6.3.7
Fetchmail Fetchmail=5.4.5
Fetchmail Fetchmail=4.5.2
Fetchmail Fetchmail=6.2.0
Fetchmail Fetchmail=5.0.5
Fetchmail Fetchmail=6.0.0
Fetchmail Fetchmail=5.2.4
Fetchmail Fetchmail=6.2.1
Fetchmail Fetchmail=5.3.0
Fetchmail Fetchmail=5.9.10
Fetchmail Fetchmail=4.7.4
Fetchmail Fetchmail=5.8.11
Fetchmail Fetchmail=4.6.8
Fetchmail Fetchmail=6.2.5.1
Fetchmail Fetchmail=5.9.8
Fetchmail Fetchmail=5.5.6
Fetchmail Fetchmail=5.8.2
Fetchmail Fetchmail=4.6.2
Fetchmail Fetchmail=5.8.17
Fetchmail Fetchmail=6.3.6-rc5
Fetchmail Fetchmail=6.2.9-rc4
Fetchmail Fetchmail=6.2.6-pre4
Fetchmail Fetchmail=6.2.9-rc10
Fetchmail Fetchmail=4.6.9
Fetchmail Fetchmail=5.4.0
Fetchmail Fetchmail=5.3.8
Fetchmail Fetchmail=4.6.6
Fetchmail Fetchmail=6.2.9-rc3
Fetchmail Fetchmail=5.9.13
Fetchmail Fetchmail=4.5.4
Fetchmail Fetchmail=5.0.4
Fetchmail Fetchmail=5.8.5
Fetchmail Fetchmail=5.0.8
Fetchmail Fetchmail=5.7.0
Fetchmail Fetchmail=4.5.8
Fetchmail Fetchmail=6.2.9-rc5
Fetchmail Fetchmail=6.3.2
Fetchmail Fetchmail=5.0.7
Fetchmail Fetchmail=5.9.5
Fetchmail Fetchmail=6.3.0
Fetchmail Fetchmail=5.2.0
Fetchmail Fetchmail=5.9.0
Fetchmail Fetchmail=5.9.11
Fetchmail Fetchmail=5.8.3
Fetchmail Fetchmail=4.5.3
Fetchmail Fetchmail=5.8.14
Fetchmail Fetchmail=6.2.9-rc9
Fetchmail Fetchmail=4.5.1
Fetchmail Fetchmail=5.5.3
Fetchmail Fetchmail=6.1.0
Fetchmail Fetchmail=4.6.1
Fetchmail Fetchmail<=6.3.8
Fetchmail Fetchmail=5.1.4
Fetchmail Fetchmail=5.2.3
Fetchmail Fetchmail=6.2.5.4
Fetchmail Fetchmail=6.3.6-rc2
Fetchmail Fetchmail=6.3.6-rc4
Fetchmail Fetchmail=5.8.6
Fetchmail Fetchmail=6.2.6-pre8
Fetchmail Fetchmail=6.2.2
Fetchmail Fetchmail=4.7.7
Fetchmail Fetchmail=4.5.6
Fetchmail Fetchmail=6.3.3
Fetchmail Fetchmail=5.5.0
Fetchmail Fetchmail=6.2.4
Fetchmail Fetchmail=4.6.7
Fetchmail Fetchmail=5.7.2
Fetchmail Fetchmail=5.2.7
Fetchmail Fetchmail=5.3.1
Fetchmail Fetchmail=6.2.6-pre9
Fetchmail Fetchmail=6.3.6-rc3
Fetchmail Fetchmail=5.8.1
Fetchmail Fetchmail=5.3.3
Fetchmail Fetchmail=6.2.5.2
Fetchmail Fetchmail=6.2.5
Fetchmail Fetchmail=5.9.4
Fetchmail Fetchmail=4.7.1
Fetchmail Fetchmail=5.1.0
Fetchmail Fetchmail=4.5.5
Fetchmail Fetchmail=6.3.4
Fetchmail Fetchmail=6.2.9-rc8
Fetchmail Fetchmail=5.0.2
Fetchmail Fetchmail=6.3.6-rc1
Fetchmail Fetchmail=4.6.3
Fetchmail Fetchmail=6.2.9-rc7
Fetchmail Fetchmail=5.8.13
Fetchmail Fetchmail=6.1.3
Fetchmail Fetchmail=4.5.7
Fetchmail Fetchmail=4.7.2
Fetchmail Fetchmail=6.3.6
Fetchmail Fetchmail=5.0.0
Fetchmail Fetchmail=5.2.8
Fetchmail Fetchmail=4.6.5
Fetchmail Fetchmail=5.7.4
Fetchmail Fetchmail=5.0.3
Fetchmail Fetchmail=4.7.5
Fetchmail Fetchmail=5.5.5
Fetchmail Fetchmail=4.6.0
Fetchmail Fetchmail=5.0.6
Fetchmail Fetchmail=5.4.4
Fetchmail Fetchmail=6.2.3
Fetchmail Fetchmail=6.3.1
Fetchmail Fetchmail=5.5.2
Event History
Jun 16, 2008
CVE Published
via MITRE·09:00 PM
Data Sourced
via MITRE·09:00 PM
Description
Frequently Asked Questions
1
What is the severity of CVE-2008-2711?
CVE-2008-2711 is classified as a denial of service vulnerability.
2
How do I fix CVE-2008-2711?
To fix CVE-2008-2711, update to a version of fetchmail later than 6.3.8.
3
What versions of fetchmail are affected by CVE-2008-2711?
Fetchmail versions 6.3.8 and earlier are affected by CVE-2008-2711.
4
What does CVE-2008-2711 exploit?
CVE-2008-2711 exploits a failure to properly handle long mail headers in verbose mode.
5
What impact does CVE-2008-2711 have on users?
CVE-2008-2711 can cause a crash and persistent mail failure for users running vulnerable versions.