Improper input validation in Fetchmail
CVE-2008-2711
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.
Vulnerability class: Drupalgeddon 2 (CVE-2018-7600)
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 4.3 (Medium). Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.030 (86.9th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 87th percentile — 86.9% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.030 · newest: 0.030 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Fetchmail — versions 4.5.1, 4.5.2, 4.5.3
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1860/references (vdb-entry)
- secunia.com/advisories/31287 (Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/494865/100/0/threaded (mailing-list)
- www.securitytracker.com/id (vdb-entry)
- secunia.com/advisories/33937 (Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/493391/100/0/threaded (mailing-list)
- secunia.com/advisories/31262 (Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0235
- support.apple.com/kb/HT3438
- lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Feb/msg00000.html (vendor-advisory)