CVE-2006-0321

Summary

CVECVE-2006-0321
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2006-01-24 00:03:00 UTC
Updated2025-04-03 01:03:51 UTC
Descriptionfetchmail 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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 5 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

EPSS: 0.143290000 probability, percentile 0.944210000 (date 2026-04-16)

Problem Types: CWE-20 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Fetchmail Fetchmail 6.3.0 All All All
Application Fetchmail Fetchmail 6.3.1 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
APPLE-SA-2006-08-01 Security Update 2006-004 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.apple.com
Mac OS X Security Update Fixes Multiple Vulnerabilities - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Apple Mac OS X Multiple Security Vulnerabilities af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
SecurityFocus af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
www.osvdb.org/22691 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.osvdb.org
Webmail - OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com
Slackware update for fetchmail - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Fetchmail Bounced Message Denial of Service Vulnerability - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
SecurityTracker.com Archives - Fetchmail Invalid free() on Message Bounce Lets Remote Users Deny Service af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 securitytracker.com
500 Internal Server Error af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 developer.berlios.de
Fetchmail - Kostenloser Open Source Mail Daemon af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 fetchmail.berlios.de Patch, Vendor Advisory
#348747 - fetchmail: segfault when submitting dsn to local postmaster - Debian Bug report logs af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugs.debian.org
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
The Slackware Linux Project: Slackware Security Advisories af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 slackware.com
US-CERT Technical Cyber Security Alert TA06-214A -- Apple Mac Products Affected by Multiple Vulnerabilities af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.us-cert.gov US Government Resource
Fetchmail Bounced Message Denial Of Service Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
Webmail - OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Vendor Comments And Credit

OrganizationPublishedContributorStatement
Red Hat2006-08-30Mark J CoxThis issue did not affect the versions of Fetchmail as distributed with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1, 3, or 4.
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