CVE-2006-0321
Summary
| CVE | CVE-2006-0321 |
|---|---|
| State | PUBLISHED |
| Assigner | mitre |
| Source Priority | CVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback |
| Published | 2006-01-24 00:03:00 UTC |
| Updated | 2025-04-03 01:03:51 UTC |
| 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. |
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
NetworkAccess Complexity
LowAuthentication
NoneConfidentiality
NoneIntegrity
NoneAvailability
PartialAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)
Vendor Declared Affected Products
References
| Reference | Source | Link | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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
| Organization | Published | Contributor | Statement |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat | 2006-08-30 | Mark J Cox | This issue did not affect the versions of Fetchmail as distributed with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1, 3, or 4. |
There are currently no legacy QID mappings associated with this CVE.