CVE-2021-36386

Summary

CVECVE-2021-36386
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2021-07-30 14:15:00 UTC
Updated2023-11-07 03:36:00 UTC
Descriptionreport_vbuild in report.c in Fetchmail before 6.4.20 sometimes omits initialization of the vsnprintf va_list argument, which might allow mail servers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via long error messages. NOTE: it is unclear whether use of Fetchmail on any realistic platform results in an impact beyond an inconvenience to the client user.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-909

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 33 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 34 All All All
Application Fetchmail Fetchmail All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
[SECURITY] Fedora 34 Update: fetchmail-6.4.20-1.fc34 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists lists.fedoraproject.org
Fetchmail: Multiple Vulnerabilities (GLSA 202209-14) — Gentoo security GENTOO security.gentoo.org
Fetchmail MISC www.fetchmail.info
FEDORA-2021-47893f53ed FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org
www.fetchmail.info/fetchmail-SA-2021-01.txt CONFIRM www.fetchmail.info
oss-security - ANNOUNCE: fetchmail <= 6.4.19 security announcement 2021-01 (CVE-2021-36386) - fetchmail 6.4.20 released. DoS or information disclosure in some configurations MISC www.openwall.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 33 Update: fetchmail-6.4.20-1.fc33 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists lists.fedoraproject.org
oss-security - fetchmail 6.4.21 released/regression fix for 6.4.20's security fix, and UPDATE: fetchmail <= 6.4.19 security announcement 2021-01 (CVE-2021-36386) MLIST www.openwall.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 34 Update: fetchmail-6.4.20-1.fc34 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 159824 Oracle Enterprise Linux Security Update for fetchmail (ELSA-2022-1964)
  • 180122 Debian Security Update for fetchmail (CVE-2021-36386)
  • 240272 Red Hat Update for fetchmail (RHSA-2022:1964)
  • 281789 Fedora Security Update for fetchmail (FEDORA-2021-47893f53ed)
  • 281790 Fedora Security Update for fetchmail (FEDORA-2021-b904d99ce5)
  • 296065 Oracle Solaris 11.4 Support Repository Update (SRU) 39.107.1 Missing (CPUOCT2021)
  • 375766 Fetchmail Denial of Service Vulnerability (fetchmail-SA-2021-01)
  • 501843 Alpine Linux Security Update for fetchmail
  • 504738 Alpine Linux Security Update for fetchmail
  • 670948 EulerOS Security Update for fetchmail (EulerOS-SA-2021-2658)
  • 670995 EulerOS Security Update for fetchmail (EulerOS-SA-2021-2629)
  • 671262 EulerOS Security Update for fetchmail (EulerOS-SA-2022-1162)
  • 690072 Free Berkeley Software Distribution (FreeBSD) Security Update for fetchmail (cbfd1874-efea-11eb-8fe9-036bd763ff35)
  • 710623 Gentoo Linux Fetchmail Multiple Vulnerabilities (GLSA 202209-14)
  • 750976 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for fetchmail (SUSE-SU-2021:2771-1)
  • 750990 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for fetchmail (SUSE-SU-2021:2791-1)
  • 750998 OpenSUSE Security Update for fetchmail (openSUSE-SU-2021:1183-1)
  • 751015 OpenSUSE Security Update for fetchmail (openSUSE-SU-2021:2791-1)
  • 751492 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for fetchmail (SUSE-SU-2021:4018-1)
  • 751503 OpenSUSE Security Update for fetchmail (openSUSE-SU-2021:4018-1)
  • 751527 OpenSUSE Security Update for fetchmail (openSUSE-SU-2021:1591-1)
  • 901783 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for fetchmail (7226)
  • 907341 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for fetchmail (7226-1)
  • 91799 Cygwin fetchmail Package Denial Of Service Vulnerability
  • 940538 AlmaLinux Security Update for fetchmail (ALSA-2022:1964)
  • 960318 Rocky Linux Security Update for fetchmail (RLSA-2022:1964)
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