Upstream information

CVE-2003-0792 at MITRE

Description

Fetchmail 6.2.4 and earlier does not properly allocate memory for long lines, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a certain email.

SUSE information

Overall state of this security issue: Does not affect SUSE products

This issue is currently rated as having moderate severity.

CVSS v2 Scores
CVSS detail National Vulnerability Database
Base Score 5
Vector AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact None
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact Partial
SUSE Bugzilla entry: 47214 [RESOLVED / INVALID]

No SUSE Security Announcements cross referenced.

Status of this issue by product and package

Please note that this evaluation state might be work in progress, incomplete or outdated. Also information for service packs in the LTSS phase is only included for issues meeting the LTSS criteria. If in doubt, feel free to contact us for clarification. The updates are grouped by state of their lifecycle. SUSE product lifecycles are documented on the lifecycle page.

Product(s) Source package State
Products under Long Term Service Pack support and receiving important and critical security fixes.
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP5 fetchmail Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3-ESPOS fetchmail Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3-LTSS fetchmail Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4 fetchmail Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5 fetchmail Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP4 fetchmail Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP5 fetchmail Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Desktop Applications 15 SP4 fetchmail Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Desktop Applications 15 SP5 fetchmail Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 fetchmail Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3-LTSS fetchmail Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4 fetchmail Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5 fetchmail Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5 fetchmail Analysis
SUSE Manager Proxy 4.3 fetchmail Analysis
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.3 fetchmail Analysis
SUSE Manager Server 4.3 fetchmail Analysis
Products past their end of life and not receiving proactive updates anymore.
SUSE CaaS Platform 4.0 fetchmail Unsupported
SUSE Enterprise Storage 7.1 fetchmail Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP4 fetchmail Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP5 fetchmail Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP1-LTSS fetchmail Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2-LTSS fetchmail Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP3 fetchmail Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 LTSS fetchmail Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2-LTSS fetchmail Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4-LTSS fetchmail Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1-LTSS fetchmail Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2-LTSS fetchmail Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15-LTSS fetchmail Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP2 fetchmail Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP4 fetchmail Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP1 fetchmail Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP2 fetchmail Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP3 fetchmail Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP4 fetchmail Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP5 fetchmail Analysis
SUSE Manager Proxy 4.2 fetchmail Unsupported
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.2 fetchmail Unsupported
SUSE Manager Server 4.2 fetchmail Unsupported
SUSE OpenStack Cloud 9 fetchmail Unsupported
SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 9 fetchmail Unsupported

SUSE Timeline for this CVE

CVE page created: Fri Jun 28 00:27:52 2013
CVE page last modified: Thu Dec 11 14:41:05 2025