CVE-2006-5974

Description

fetchmail 6.3.5 and 6.3.6 before 6.3.6-rc4, when refusing a message delivered via the mda option, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via unknown vectors that trigger a NULL pointer dereference when calling the (1) ferror or (2) fflush functions.

Category

7.8
CVSS
Severity: High
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 9.18% Top 10%
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Affected: n/a n/a
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References

Link Tags
http://securitytracker.com/id?1017479 vdb entry
http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2007&m=slackware-security.517995 vendor advisory
http://fetchmail.berlios.de/fetchmail-SA-2006-03.txt
http://secunia.com/advisories/23838 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/24151 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/456114/100/0/threaded mailing list
http://secunia.com/advisories/23631 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/23804 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0088 vdb entry
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_4_sr.html vendor advisory
http://fedoranews.org/cms/node/2429 vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/23923 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://osvdb.org/31836 vdb entry
http://www.openpkg.com/security/advisories/OpenPKG-SA-2007.004.html vendor advisory
http://www.trustix.org/errata/2007/0007 vendor advisory
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200701-13.xml vendor advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0087 vdb entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21902 vdb entry patch

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2006-5974?
CVE-2006-5974 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2006-5974?
To fix CVE-2006-5974, 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-2006-5974 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2006-5974 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~9% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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