CVE-2007-4565

Summary

CVECVE-2007-4565
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2007-08-28 01:17:00 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC
Descriptionsink.c in fetchmail before 6.3.9 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL dereference and application crash) by refusing certain warning messages that are sent over SMTP.

Risk And Classification

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

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

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other | 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 4.5.1 All All All
Application Fetchmail Fetchmail 4.5.2 All All All
Application Fetchmail Fetchmail 4.5.3 All All All
Application Fetchmail Fetchmail 4.5.4 All All All
Application Fetchmail Fetchmail 4.5.5 All All All
Application Fetchmail Fetchmail 4.5.6 All All All
Application Fetchmail Fetchmail 4.5.7 All All All
Application Fetchmail Fetchmail 4.5.8 All All All
Application Fetchmail Fetchmail 4.6.0 All All All
Application Fetchmail Fetchmail 4.6.1 All All All
Application Fetchmail Fetchmail 4.6.2 All All All
Application Fetchmail Fetchmail 4.6.3 All All All
Application Fetchmail Fetchmail 4.6.4 All All All
Application Fetchmail Fetchmail 4.6.5 All All All
Application Fetchmail Fetchmail 4.6.6 All All All
Application Fetchmail Fetchmail 4.6.7 All All All
Application Fetchmail Fetchmail 4.6.8 All All All
Application Fetchmail Fetchmail 4.6.9 All All All
Application Fetchmail Fetchmail 4.7.0 All All All
Application Fetchmail Fetchmail 4.7.1 All All All
Application Fetchmail Fetchmail 4.7.2 All All All
Application Fetchmail Fetchmail 4.7.3 All All All
Application Fetchmail Fetchmail 4.7.4 All All All
Application Fetchmail Fetchmail 4.7.5 All All All
Application Fetchmail Fetchmail 4.7.6 All All All
Application Fetchmail Fetchmail 4.7.7 All All All
Application Fetchmail Fetchmail 5.0.0 All All All
Application Fetchmail Fetchmail 5.0.1 All All All
Application Fetchmail Fetchmail 5.0.2 All All All
Application Fetchmail Fetchmail 5.0.3 All All All
Application Fetchmail Fetchmail 5.0.4 All All All
Application Fetchmail Fetchmail 5.0.5 All All All
Application Fetchmail Fetchmail 5.0.6 All All All
Application Fetchmail Fetchmail 5.0.7 All All All
Application Fetchmail Fetchmail 5.0.8 All All All
Application Fetchmail Fetchmail 5.1.0 All All All
Application Fetchmail Fetchmail 5.1.4 All All All
Application Fetchmail Fetchmail 5.2.0 All All All
Application Fetchmail Fetchmail 5.2.1 All All All
Application Fetchmail Fetchmail 5.2.3 All All All
Application Fetchmail Fetchmail 5.2.4 All All All
Application Fetchmail Fetchmail 5.2.7 All All All
Application Fetchmail Fetchmail 5.2.8 All All All
Application Fetchmail Fetchmail 5.3.0 All All All
Application Fetchmail Fetchmail 5.3.1 All All All
Application Fetchmail Fetchmail 5.3.3 All All All
Application Fetchmail Fetchmail 5.3.8 All All All
Application Fetchmail Fetchmail 5.4.0 All All All
Application Fetchmail Fetchmail 5.4.3 All All All
Application Fetchmail Fetchmail 5.4.4 All All All
Application Fetchmail Fetchmail 5.4.5 All All All
Application Fetchmail Fetchmail 5.5.0 All All All
Application Fetchmail Fetchmail 5.5.2 All All All
Application Fetchmail Fetchmail 5.5.3 All All All
Application Fetchmail Fetchmail 5.5.5 All All All
Application Fetchmail Fetchmail 5.5.6 All All All
Application Fetchmail Fetchmail 5.6.0 All All All
Application Fetchmail Fetchmail 5.7.0 All All All
Application Fetchmail Fetchmail 5.7.2 All All All
Application Fetchmail Fetchmail 5.7.4 All All All
Application Fetchmail Fetchmail 5.8 All All All
Application Fetchmail Fetchmail 5.8.1 All All All
Application Fetchmail Fetchmail 5.8.11 All All All
Application Fetchmail Fetchmail 5.8.13 All All All
Application Fetchmail Fetchmail 5.8.14 All All All
Application Fetchmail Fetchmail 5.8.17 All All All
Application Fetchmail Fetchmail 5.8.2 All All All
Application Fetchmail Fetchmail 5.8.3 All All All
Application Fetchmail Fetchmail 5.8.4 All All All
Application Fetchmail Fetchmail 5.8.5 All All All
Application Fetchmail Fetchmail 5.8.6 All All All
Application Fetchmail Fetchmail 5.9.0 All All All
Application Fetchmail Fetchmail 5.9.10 All All All
Application Fetchmail Fetchmail 5.9.11 All All All
Application Fetchmail Fetchmail 5.9.13 All All All
Application Fetchmail Fetchmail 5.9.4 All All All
Application Fetchmail Fetchmail 5.9.5 All All All
Application Fetchmail Fetchmail 5.9.8 All All All
Application Fetchmail Fetchmail 6.0.0 All All All
Application Fetchmail Fetchmail 6.1.0 All All All
Application Fetchmail Fetchmail 6.1.3 All All All
Application Fetchmail Fetchmail 6.2.0 All All All
Application Fetchmail Fetchmail 6.2.1 All All All
Application Fetchmail Fetchmail 6.2.2 All All All
Application Fetchmail Fetchmail 6.2.3 All All All
Application Fetchmail Fetchmail 6.2.4 All All All
Application Fetchmail Fetchmail 6.2.5 All All All
Application Fetchmail Fetchmail 6.2.5.1 All All All
Application Fetchmail Fetchmail 6.2.5.2 All All All
Application Fetchmail Fetchmail 6.2.5.4 All All All
Application Fetchmail Fetchmail 6.2.6 pre4 All All
Application Fetchmail Fetchmail 6.2.6 pre8 All All
Application Fetchmail Fetchmail 6.2.6 pre9 All All
Application Fetchmail Fetchmail 6.2.9 rc10 All All
Application Fetchmail Fetchmail 6.2.9 rc3 All All
Application Fetchmail Fetchmail 6.2.9 rc4 All All
Application Fetchmail Fetchmail 6.2.9 rc5 All All
Application Fetchmail Fetchmail 6.2.9 rc7 All All
Application Fetchmail Fetchmail 6.2.9 rc8 All All
Application Fetchmail Fetchmail 6.2.9 rc9 All All
Application Fetchmail Fetchmail 6.3.0 All All All
Application Fetchmail Fetchmail 6.3.1 All All All
Application Fetchmail Fetchmail 6.3.2 All All All
Application Fetchmail Fetchmail 6.3.3 All All All
Application Fetchmail Fetchmail 6.3.4 All All All
Application Fetchmail Fetchmail 6.3.5 All All All
Application Fetchmail Fetchmail 6.3.6 All All All
Application Fetchmail Fetchmail 6.3.6 rc1 All All
Application Fetchmail Fetchmail 6.3.6 rc2 All All
Application Fetchmail Fetchmail 6.3.6 rc3 All All
Application Fetchmail Fetchmail 6.3.6 rc4 All All
Application Fetchmail Fetchmail 6.3.6 rc5 All All
Application Fetchmail Fetchmail 6.3.7 All All All
Application Fetchmail Fetchmail 6.3.8 All All All
Application Fetchmail Fetchmail All rc2 All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Advisories - Mandriva Linux af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com
SecurityFocus af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
Not Found af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 mknod.org Patch
www.trustix.org/errata/2007/0028 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.trustix.org
Repository / Oval Repository af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 oval.cisecurity.org
fetchmail Crash when warning message is rejected - CXSecurity.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 securityreason.com
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com
Webmail - OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com
[security-announce] SUSE Security Summary Report SUSE-SR:2007:022 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
Fetchmail Failed Warning Message Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
Fetchmail - Kostenloser Open Source Mail Daemon af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 fetchmail.berlios.de
SUSE Update for Multiple Packages - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
osvdb.org/45833 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 osvdb.org
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-1377-2 fetchmail af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org
About the security content of Security Update 2009-001 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 support.apple.com
APPLE-SA-2009-02-12 Security Update 2009-001 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.apple.com
SecurityFocus af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
Fetchmail Warning Message Forwarding Bug Lets Users Deny Service - SecurityTracker af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securitytracker.com
Apple Mac OS X Security Update Fixes Multiple Vulnerabilities - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Information - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
USN-520-1: fetchmail vulnerabilities | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com
issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1690 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 issues.rpath.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 Hat2009-09-09Mark J CoxThis issue was addressed in fetchmail packages as shipped in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3, 4, and 5 via: https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1427.html
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