PT-2010-2319 · Fetchmail · Fetchmail

Matthias Andree · Published 2010-02-08 · Updated 2011-04-27 · CVE-2010-0562

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

6.8

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions fetchmail versions 6.3.11 through 6.3.13

Description The issue allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly execute arbitrary code via an SSL X.509 certificate containing non-printable characters with the high bit set. This triggers a heap-based buffer overflow during escaping in the sdump function when running in verbose mode on platforms for which char is signed.

Recommendations For fetchmail versions 6.3.11 through 6.3.13, consider disabling the verbose mode as a temporary workaround until a patch is available. Restrict access to SSL X.509 certificates to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Fix

Buffer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-119

Related Identifiers

CVE-2010-0562

Affected Products

Fetchmail

References · 12

• http://mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:037 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2010-0562 · Vendor Advisory
• http://vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0296 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2010-0562 · Vendor Advisory
• http://fetchmail.info/fetchmail-SA-2010-01.txt · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-0562 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2010-0562 · Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/38391 · Vendor Advisory
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/38088 · Note
• http://mknod.org/svn/fetchmail/branches/BRANCH_6-3/fetchmail-SA-2010-01.txt · Note
• http://osvdb.org/62114 · Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1023543 · Note