CVE-2008-2711

Publication date 16 June 2008

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Negligible

Why this priority?

fetchmail 6.3.8 and earlier, when running in -v -v (aka verbose) mode, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash and persistent mail failure) via a malformed mail message with long headers, which triggers an erroneous dereference when using vsnprintf to format log messages.

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Status

No maintained releases are affected by this CVE.

Package Ubuntu Release Status
fetchmail 13.04 raring
Not affected
12.10 quantal
Not affected
12.04 LTS precise
Not affected
11.10 oneiric
Not affected
11.04 natty
Not affected
10.10 maverick
Not affected
10.04 LTS lucid
Not affected
9.10 karmic
Not affected
9.04 jaunty
Not affected
8.10 intrepid
Not affected
8.04 LTS hardy Ignored end of life
7.10 gutsy Ignored end of life, was needed
7.04 feisty Ignored end of life, was needed
6.06 LTS dapper Ignored end of life

Notes

jdstrand

per Debian, http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/06/13/1, -vv is only used for debugging purposes so this does not prevent a victim from getting mails. -vv is not used in non-interactive use.

Patch details

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Package Patch details
fetchmail