CVE-2006-5974

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.
References
Link Resource
http://fedoranews.org/cms/node/2429
http://fetchmail.berlios.de/fetchmail-SA-2006-03.txt
http://osvdb.org/31836
http://secunia.com/advisories/23631 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/23804 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/23838 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/23923 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/24151 Vendor Advisory
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200701-13.xml
http://securitytracker.com/id?1017479
http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2007&m=slackware-security.517995
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_4_sr.html
http://www.openpkg.com/security/advisories/OpenPKG-SA-2007.004.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/456114/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21902 Patch
http://www.trustix.org/errata/2007/0007
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0087
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0088
http://fedoranews.org/cms/node/2429
http://fetchmail.berlios.de/fetchmail-SA-2006-03.txt
http://osvdb.org/31836
http://secunia.com/advisories/23631 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/23804 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/23838 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/23923 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/24151 Vendor Advisory
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200701-13.xml
http://securitytracker.com/id?1017479
http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2007&m=slackware-security.517995
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_4_sr.html
http://www.openpkg.com/security/advisories/OpenPKG-SA-2007.004.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/456114/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21902 Patch
http://www.trustix.org/errata/2007/0007
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0087
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0088
Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:6.3.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:6.3.6:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:6.3.6:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:6.3.6:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

21 Nov 2024, 00:21

Type Values Removed Values Added
References () http://fedoranews.org/cms/node/2429 - () http://fedoranews.org/cms/node/2429 -
References () http://fetchmail.berlios.de/fetchmail-SA-2006-03.txt - () http://fetchmail.berlios.de/fetchmail-SA-2006-03.txt -
References () http://osvdb.org/31836 - () http://osvdb.org/31836 -
References () http://secunia.com/advisories/23631 - Vendor Advisory () http://secunia.com/advisories/23631 - Vendor Advisory
References () http://secunia.com/advisories/23804 - Vendor Advisory () http://secunia.com/advisories/23804 - Vendor Advisory
References () http://secunia.com/advisories/23838 - Vendor Advisory () http://secunia.com/advisories/23838 - Vendor Advisory
References () http://secunia.com/advisories/23923 - Vendor Advisory () http://secunia.com/advisories/23923 - Vendor Advisory
References () http://secunia.com/advisories/24151 - Vendor Advisory () http://secunia.com/advisories/24151 - Vendor Advisory
References () http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200701-13.xml - () http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200701-13.xml -
References () http://securitytracker.com/id?1017479 - () http://securitytracker.com/id?1017479 -
References () http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2007&m=slackware-security.517995 - () http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2007&m=slackware-security.517995 -
References () http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_4_sr.html - () http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_4_sr.html -
References () http://www.openpkg.com/security/advisories/OpenPKG-SA-2007.004.html - () http://www.openpkg.com/security/advisories/OpenPKG-SA-2007.004.html -
References () http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/456114/100/0/threaded - () http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/456114/100/0/threaded -
References () http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21902 - Patch () http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21902 - Patch
References () http://www.trustix.org/errata/2007/0007 - () http://www.trustix.org/errata/2007/0007 -
References () http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0087 - () http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0087 -
References () http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0088 - () http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0088 -

Information

Published : 2006-12-31 05:00

Updated : 2024-11-21 00:21


NVD link : CVE-2006-5974

Mitre link : CVE-2006-5974

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2006-5974


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Products Affected

fetchmail

  • fetchmail
CWE
CWE-20

Improper Input Validation