PT-2003-1881 · Fetchmail · Fetchmail

Published 2003-10-21 · Updated 2017-07-11 · CVE-2003-0792

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

5.0

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Fetchmail versions 6.2.4 and earlier

Description: The issue allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service, resulting in a crash, by sending a certain email that exploits improper memory allocation for long lines.

Recommendations: For Fetchmail versions 6.2.4 and earlier, update to a version that properly allocates memory for long lines to prevent denial of service attacks.

Fix

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-399

Related Identifiers

CVE-2003-0792

Affected Products

Fetchmail

References · 12

• http://turbolinux.com/security/TLSA-2003-61.txt · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2003-0792 · Security Note
• http://mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2003:101 · Vendor Advisory
• http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200403-10.xml · Vendor Advisory
• http://securityfocus.com/advisories/5987 · Vendor Advisory
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/8843 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2003-0792 · Vendor Advisory
• ftp://ftp.sco.com/pub/updates/OpenLinux/3.1.1/Server/CSSA-2004-004.0/CSSA-2004-004.0.txt · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2003-0792 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2003-0792 · Vendor Advisory
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/13450 · Note
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=107731542827401&w=2 · Note