RedHatRHSA-2005:640(RHSA-2005:640) fetchmail security update
5 Medium
CVSS2
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
0.048 Low
EPSS
Percentile
91.9%
Fetchmail is a remote mail retrieval and forwarding utility.
A buffer overflow was discovered in fetchmail’s POP3 client. A malicious
server could cause send a carefully crafted message UID and cause fetchmail
to crash or potentially execute arbitrary code as the user running
fetchmail. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project assigned the
name CAN-2005-2335 to this issue.
Users of fetchmail should update to this erratum package which contains a
backported patch to correct this issue.
| OS | Version | Architecture | Package | Version | Filename |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RedHat | 2 | i386 | fetchmailconf | < 5.9.0-21.7.3.el2.1.1 | fetchmailconf-5.9.0-21.7.3.el2.1.1.i386.rpm |
| RedHat | 4 | s390x | fetchmail | < 6.2.5-6.el4.2 | fetchmail-6.2.5-6.el4.2.s390x.rpm |
| RedHat | 4 | ia64 | fetchmail | < 6.2.5-6.el4.2 | fetchmail-6.2.5-6.el4.2.ia64.rpm |
| RedHat | 4 | ppc | fetchmail | < 6.2.5-6.el4.2 | fetchmail-6.2.5-6.el4.2.ppc.rpm |
| RedHat | 4 | i386 | fetchmail | < 6.2.5-6.el4.2 | fetchmail-6.2.5-6.el4.2.i386.rpm |
| RedHat | 4 | x86_64 | fetchmail | < 6.2.5-6.el4.2 | fetchmail-6.2.5-6.el4.2.x86_64.rpm |
| RedHat | 2 | i386 | fetchmail | < 5.9.0-21.7.3.el2.1.1 | fetchmail-5.9.0-21.7.3.el2.1.1.i386.rpm |
| RedHat | 4 | s390 | fetchmail | < 6.2.5-6.el4.2 | fetchmail-6.2.5-6.el4.2.s390.rpm |
| RedHat | 2 | ia64 | fetchmailconf | < 5.9.0-21.7.3.el2.1.1 | fetchmailconf-5.9.0-21.7.3.el2.1.1.ia64.rpm |
| RedHat | 3 | s390x | fetchmail | < 6.2.0-3.el3.2 | fetchmail-6.2.0-3.el3.2.s390x.rpm |
Related
5 Medium
CVSS2
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
0.048 Low
EPSS
Percentile
91.9%