Upstream information
Description
fetchmail 6.3.5 and 6.3.6 before 6.3.6-rc4, when refusing a message delivered via the mda option, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via unknown vectors that trigger a NULL pointer dereference when calling the (1) ferror or (2) fflush functions.SUSE information
Overall state of this security issue: Resolved
This issue is currently rated as having important severity.
| CVSS detail | National Vulnerability Database |
|---|---|
| Base Score | 7.8 |
| Vector | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C |
| Access Vector | Network |
| Access Complexity | Low |
| Authentication | None |
| Confidentiality Impact | None |
| Integrity Impact | None |
| Availability Impact | Complete |
SUSE Security Advisories:
- SUSE-SA:2007:008, published Fri, 12 Jan 2007 17:00:00 +0000
- SUSE-SR:2007:001, published Fri, 19 Jan 2007 17:00:00 +0000
- SUSE-SR:2007:003, published Fri, 16 Feb 2007 16:00:00 +0000
- SUSE-SR:2007:004, published Fri, 16 Mar 2007 15:00:00 +0000
List of released packages
| Product(s) | Fixed package version(s) | References |
|---|---|---|
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 |
| Patchnames: SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 GA fetchmail-6.3.8.90-13.16.1 |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 |
| Patchnames: SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 GA fetchmail-6.3.8.90-13.20.19.1 |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 |
| Patchnames: SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 GA fetchmail-6.3.8.90-13.20.19.1 |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 |
| Patchnames: SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 GA fetchmail-6.3.8.90-13.20.19.1 |
| openSUSE Tumbleweed |
| Patchnames: openSUSE-Tumbleweed-2024-10753 |
SUSE Timeline for this CVE
CVE page created: Fri Jun 28 05:17:27 2013CVE page last modified: Mon Oct 6 18:14:50 2025