CVE-2006-0321

Description

fetchmail 6.3.0 and other versions before 6.3.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via crafted e-mail messages that cause a free of an invalid pointer when fetchmail bounces the message to the originator or local postmaster.

Category

5.0
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 14.33% Top 10%
Vendor Advisory apple.com Vendor Advisory slackware.com Vendor Advisory berlios.de Vendor Advisory secunia.com Vendor Advisory secunia.com Vendor Advisory secunia.com
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2006//Aug/msg00000.html vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16365 vdb entry
http://developer.berlios.de/project/shownotes.php?release_id=8784
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/24265 vdb entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/422936/100/0/threaded mailing list
http://fetchmail.berlios.de/fetchmail-SA-2006-01.txt patch vendor advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3101 vdb entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/21253 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/18571 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2006&m=slackware-security.443499 vendor advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/0300 vdb entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19289 vdb entry
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-214A.html third party advisory us government resource
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=348747
http://www.osvdb.org/22691 vdb entry
http://securitytracker.com/id?1015527 vdb entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/18895 third party advisory vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2006-0321?
CVE-2006-0321 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2006-0321?
To fix CVE-2006-0321, 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-2006-0321 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2006-0321 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~14% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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