Upstream information

CVE-2006-0321 at MITRE

Description

fetchmail 6.3.0 and other versions before 6.3.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via crafted e-mail messages that cause a free of an invalid pointer when fetchmail bounces the message to the originator or local postmaster.

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: 140475 [RESOLVED / FIXED]

No SUSE Security Announcements cross referenced.

List of released packages

Product(s) Fixed package version(s) References
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 16.0
  • fetchmail >= 6.5.2-160000.2.2
 Patchnames:
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 16.0 GA fetchmail-6.5.2-160000.2.2
openSUSE Tumbleweed
  • fetchmail >= 6.4.21-2.1
  • fetchmailconf >= 6.4.21-2.1
 Patchnames:
openSUSE-Tumbleweed-2024-10753

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Please note that this evaluation state might be work in progress, incomplete or outdated.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 15 SP3-LTSS fetchmail Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3-LTSS fetchmail Analysis
Products past their end of life and not receiving proactive updates anymore.
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2-LTSS fetchmail Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP3 fetchmail Analysis

SUSE Timeline for this CVE

CVE page created: Fri Jun 28 01:27:30 2013
CVE page last modified: Thu Dec 11 15:25:02 2025