PT-2010-2879 · Fetchmail · Fetchmail

Published 2010-05-07 · Updated 2024-06-15 · CVE-2010-1167

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

4.3

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions fetchmail versions 4.6.3 through 6.3.16

Description The issue allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service, resulting in memory consumption and application crash, by sending a crafted message header or POP3 UIDL list when debug mode is enabled. This occurs due to improper handling of invalid characters in a multi-character locale.

Recommendations For fetchmail versions 4.6.3 through 6.3.16, consider disabling debug mode to prevent exploitation until a patch is available.

Fix

RCE

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-20

Related Identifiers

CVE-2010-1167

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10194-1

Affected Products

Fetchmail

References · 15

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2010-1167 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/openSUSE-SU-2024:10194-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2010-1167 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-1167 · Security Note
• http://fetchmail.info/fetchmail-SA-2010-02.txt · Patch
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2010-1167 · Vendor Advisory
• http://mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:107 · Vendor Advisory
• http://securityfocus.com/archive/1/511140/100/0/threaded · Note
• http://developer.berlios.de/project/shownotes.php?group_id=1824&release_id=17512 · Note
• https://suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-3482 · Note
• https://suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2011-3389 · Note
• https://suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2009-2666 · Note
• https://suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2010-1167 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/39556 · Note
• https://suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2011-1947 · Note