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Fetchmail NULL pointer dereference

🗓️ 08 Sep 2009 15:10:00Reported by RedHatType 
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Fetchmail sink.c before 6.3.9 allows denial of service via NULL pointer dereference when SMTP warnings are refused.

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ALT Linux		Security fix for the ALT Linux 5 package fetchmail version 6.3.8-alt4
5 Sep 200700:00
–altlinux
ALT Linux		Security fix for the ALT Linux 6 package fetchmail version 6.3.8-alt4
5 Sep 200700:00
–altlinux
ALT Linux		Security fix for the ALT Linux 5 package fetchmail version 6.3.9-alt1
1 Dec 200800:00
–altlinux
ALT Linux		Security fix for the ALT Linux 6 package fetchmail version 6.3.9-alt1
1 Dec 200800:00
–altlinux
FreeBSD		fetchmail -- denial of service on reject of local warning message
29 Jul 200700:00
–freebsd
Tenable Nessus		CentOS 3 / 4 / 5 : fetchmail (CESA-2009:1427)
9 Sep 200900:00
–nessus
Tenable Nessus		Debian DSA-1377-2 : fetchmail - NULL pointer dereference
24 Sep 200700:00
–nessus
Tenable Nessus		Fedora 7 : fetchmail-6.3.7-2.fc7 (2007-1983)
6 Nov 200700:00
–nessus
Tenable Nessus		Fedora Core 6 : fetchmail-6.3.6-3.fc6 (2007-689)
5 Sep 200700:00
–nessus
Tenable Nessus		FreeBSD : fetchmail -- denial of service on reject of local warning message (45500f74-5947-11dc-87c1-000e2e5785ad)
5 Sep 200700:00
–nessus
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux3i386fetchmail0:6.2.0-3.el3.5fetchmail-0:6.2.0-3.el3.5.i386.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux3ia64fetchmail0:6.2.0-3.el3.5fetchmail-0:6.2.0-3.el3.5.ia64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux3ppcfetchmail0:6.2.0-3.el3.5fetchmail-0:6.2.0-3.el3.5.ppc.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux3s390fetchmail0:6.2.0-3.el3.5fetchmail-0:6.2.0-3.el3.5.s390.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux3s390xfetchmail0:6.2.0-3.el3.5fetchmail-0:6.2.0-3.el3.5.s390x.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux3x86_64fetchmail0:6.2.0-3.el3.5fetchmail-0:6.2.0-3.el3.5.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux4i386fetchmail0:6.2.5-6.0.1.el4_8.1fetchmail-0:6.2.5-6.0.1.el4_8.1.i386.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux4ia64fetchmail0:6.2.5-6.0.1.el4_8.1fetchmail-0:6.2.5-6.0.1.el4_8.1.ia64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux4ppcfetchmail0:6.2.5-6.0.1.el4_8.1fetchmail-0:6.2.5-6.0.1.el4_8.1.ppc.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux4s390fetchmail0:6.2.5-6.0.1.el4_8.1fetchmail-0:6.2.5-6.0.1.el4_8.1.s390.rpm
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25 Jun 2026 10:35Current
5.8Medium risk
Vulners AI Score5.8
CVSS 25
EPSS0.01971
CWE-476
fetchmailnull pointer dereferencedenial of servicemail transfersink.cversion 6.3.9unix
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