CVE-2010-1167

Summary

CVECVE-2010-1167
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2010-05-07 18:24:15 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
Descriptionfetchmail 4.6.3 through 6.3.16, when debug mode is enabled, does not properly handle invalid characters in a multi-character locale, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption and application crash) via a crafted (1) message header or (2) POP3 UIDL list.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 4.3 from [email protected]

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

Problem Types: CWE-20 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

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

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
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 6.3.10 All All All
Application Fetchmail Fetchmail 6.3.11 All All All
Application Fetchmail Fetchmail 6.3.12 All All All
Application Fetchmail Fetchmail 6.3.13 All All All
Application Fetchmail Fetchmail 6.3.14 All All All
Application Fetchmail Fetchmail 6.3.15 All All All
Application Fetchmail Fetchmail 6.3.16 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 6.3.9 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
SecurityFocus af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
Fetchmail Debug Mode With Multichar Locale Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
Support / Security / Advisories / / MDVSA-2011:107 | Mandriva af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com
500 Internal Server Error af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 developer.berlios.de
www.fetchmail.info/fetchmail-SA-2010-02.txt af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.fetchmail.info Patch
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Vendor Comments And Credit

OrganizationPublishedContributorStatement
Red Hat2010-05-10Tomas HogerRed Hat is aware of this issue and is tracking it via the following bug: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2010-1167 The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this issue as having low security impact, a future update may address this flaw.
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