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Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2007-4565

Original release date:08/28/2007
Last revised:08/19/2009
Source: US-CERT/NIST

Overview

sink.c in fetchmail before 6.3.9 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL dereference and application crash) by refusing certain warning messages that are sent over SMTP.

Impact

CVSS Severity (version 2.0):
CVSS v2 Base Score:5.0 (MEDIUM) (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P) (legend)
Impact Subscore: 2.9
Exploitability Subscore: 10.0
CVSS Version 2 Metrics:
Access Vector: Network exploitable
Access Complexity: Low
Authentication: Not required to exploit
Impact Type:Allows disruption of serviceUnknown

Vendor Statments (disclaimer)

Official Statement from Red Hat (08/30/2007)
Red Hat is aware of this issue and is tracking it via the following bug: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=260601 The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this issue as having low security impact, a future update may address this flaw.

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External Source: CONFIRM
Name: http://mknod.org/svn/fetchmail/branches/BRANCH_6-3/fetchmail-SA-2007-02.txt
Type: Patch Information
Hyperlink:http://mknod.org/svn/fetchmail/branches/BRANCH_6-3/fetchmail-SA-2007-02.txt
External Source: BUGTRAQ
Name: 20080617 fetchmail security announcement fetchmail-SA-2007-02 (CVE-2007-4565)
Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/493388/100/0/threaded
External Source: VUPEN
Name: ADV-2009-0422
Hyperlink:http://www.frsirt.com/english/advisories/2009/0422
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3438
Hyperlink:http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3438
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 33937
Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/33937
External Source: OSVDB
Name: 45833
Hyperlink:http://osvdb.org/45833
External Source: APPLE
Name: APPLE-SA-2009-02-12
Hyperlink:http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Feb/msg00000.html
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1690
Hyperlink:https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1690
External Source: XF
Name: fetchmail-warning-dos(36385)
Hyperlink:http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/36385
External Source: UBUNTU
Name: USN-520-1
Hyperlink:http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-520-1
External Source: TRUSTIX
Name: 2007-0028
Hyperlink:http://www.trustix.org/errata/2007/0028/
External Source: SECTRACK
Name: 1018627
Hyperlink:http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018627
External Source: BID
Name: 25495
Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25495
External Source: BUGTRAQ
Name: 20070907 FLEA-2007-0053-1 fetchmail
Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/478798/100/0/threaded
External Source: MANDRIVA
Name: MDKSA-2007:179
Hyperlink:http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:179
External Source: VUPEN
Name: ADV-2007-3032
Hyperlink:http://www.frsirt.com/english/advisories/2007/3032
External Source: DEBIAN
Name: DSA-1377
Hyperlink:http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1377
External Source: SREASON
Name: 3074
Hyperlink:http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3074
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 27399
Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/27399
External Source: SUSE
Name: SUSE-SR:2007:022
Hyperlink:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2007-10/msg00008.html

Vulnerable software and versions

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Technical Details

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CVE Standard Vulnerability Entry:http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-4565