Vulnerability in Fetchmail

CVE-2011-1947

fetchmail 5.9.9 through 6.3.19 does not properly limit the wait time after issuing a (1) STARTTLS or (2) STLS request, which allows remote servers to cause a denial of service (application hang) by acknowledging the request but not sending additional packets.

EPSS: 0.026 (83.4th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

Affected products

  • Fetchmail — versions 5.9.9, 5.9.10, 5.9.11
  • N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

References