CVE-2005-4348

Description

fetchmail before 6.3.1 and before 6.2.5.5, when configured for multidrop mode, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) by sending messages without headers from upstream mail servers.

Category

7.8
CVSS
Severity: High
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 9.99% Top 10%
Vendor Advisory slackware.com Vendor Advisory trustix.org Vendor Advisory novell.com Vendor Advisory ubuntu.com Vendor Advisory mandriva.com Vendor Advisory sgi.com Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory debian.org
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://secunia.com/advisories/18266 third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/18172 third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/18231 third party advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3101 permissions required vdb entry third party advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/420098/100/0/threaded mailing list
http://secunia.com/advisories/21253 third party advisory
http://securitytracker.com/id?1015383 vdb entry third party advisory
http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2006&m=slackware-security.443499 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/17891 third party advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19289 vdb entry third party advisory
http://www.trustix.org/errata/2006/0002/ vendor advisory broken link
http://secunia.com/advisories/18463 third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/24284 third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/24007 third party advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9659 vdb entry third party advisory signature
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15987 vdb entry third party advisory
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=343836 issue tracking mailing list third party advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/23713 vdb entry third party advisory
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_4_sr.html vendor advisory broken link
https://usn.ubuntu.com/233-1/ vendor advisory
http://www.osvdb.org/21906 vdb entry broken link
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/2996 permissions required vdb entry third party advisory
http://wwwnew.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:236 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/435197/100/0/threaded mailing list
ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20070201-01-P.asc vendor advisory broken link
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0018.html third party advisory vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/18895 third party advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-939 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/18433 third party advisory
http://fetchmail.berlios.de/fetchmail-SA-2005-03.txt broken link

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2005-4348?
CVE-2005-4348 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2005-4348?
To fix CVE-2005-4348, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2005-4348 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2005-4348 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~10% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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