Info

Disclosure

Jan 22, 2006

Discovery

Unknown

Dates

Exploit

Jan 22, 2006

Solution

Unknown

Description

Fetchmail contains a flaw that may allow a remote denial of service. The issue is triggered when a message is bounced to the originator or the local postmaster, and will result in loss of availability for the service.

Classification

Location: Remote / Network Access
Attack Type: Denial of Service
Impact: Loss of Availability
Exploit: Exploit Public
Disclosure: OSVDB Verified, Vendor Verified

Solution

Upgrade to version 6.3.2 or higher, as it has been reported to fix this vulnerability. An upgrade is required as there are no known workarounds.

Products

Fetchmail	Fetchmail	6.3.0
		6.3.1
		6.3.2-rc1
		6.3.2-rc2
		6.3.2

References

Security Tracker: 1015527
Secunia Advisory ID: 18571 18895 21253
SCIP VulDB ID: 1998
CVE ID: 2006-0321 (see also: NVD)
ISS X-Force ID: 24265
Keyword: fetchmail-SA-2006-01
Mail List Post: http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/vulnwatch/2006-q1/0034.html
Vendor Specific News/Changelog Entry: http://bugs.debian.org/348747
Vendor Specific Advisory URL: http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=304063
http://fetchmail.berlios.de/fetchmail-SA-2006-01.txt
http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2006&m=slackware-security.443499

Credit

Unknown or Incomplete

Direct URL: http://osvdb.org/22691