Fetchmail Missing Email Header Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability

BID:15987

Info

Fetchmail Missing Email Header Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 15987
Class: Failure to Handle Exceptional Conditions
CVE: CVE-2005-4348
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Dec 20 2005 12:00AM
Updated: Mar 19 2015 09:45AM
Credit: Daniel Drake reported this issue.
Vulnerable: Turbolinux Turbolinux Server 10.0
Turbolinux Turbolinux Server 8.0
Turbolinux Turbolinux Server 10.0.0 x64
Turbolinux Turbolinux Desktop 10.0
Turbolinux Turbolinux FUJI
Turbolinux Turbolinux 10 F...
TurboLinux Personal
TurboLinux Multimedia
Turbolinux Home
Turbolinux Appliance Server Workgroup Edition 1.0
Turbolinux Appliance Server Hosting Edition 1.0
Turbolinux Appliance Server 1.0 Workgroup Edition
Turbolinux Appliance Server 1.0 Hosting Edition
Turbolinux Appliance Server 2.0
Trustix Secure Linux 3.0
Trustix Secure Linux 2.2
Trustix Secure Enterprise Linux 2.0
SuSE SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9
SuSE SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10
SuSE SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10
SuSE Linux 9.3
SuSE Linux 9.2
SuSE Linux 9.1
Slackware Linux 10.2
Slackware Linux 10.1
Slackware Linux 10.0
Slackware Linux 9.1
Slackware Linux 9.0
Slackware Linux 8.1
Slackware Linux -current
SGI ProPack 3.0 SP6
S.u.S.E. Linux 10.1
S.u.S.E. Linux 10.0
rPath rPath Linux 1
RedHat Linux 9.0 i386
RedHat Linux 7.3 i386
RedHat Enterprise Linux WS 4
RedHat Enterprise Linux WS 3
RedHat Enterprise Linux WS 2.1 IA64
RedHat Enterprise Linux WS 2.1
RedHat Enterprise Linux ES 4
RedHat Enterprise Linux ES 3
RedHat Enterprise Linux ES 2.1 IA64
RedHat Enterprise Linux ES 2.1
RedHat Desktop 4.0
RedHat Desktop 3.0
RedHat Advanced Workstation for the Itanium Processor 2.1 IA64
RedHat Advanced Workstation for the Itanium Processor 2.1
Red Hat Fedora Core4
Red Hat Fedora Core3
Red Hat Fedora Core2
Red Hat Fedora Core1
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS 4
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS 3
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS 2.1 IA64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS 2.1
Eric Raymond Fetchmail 6.3 .0
Eric Raymond Fetchmail 6.2.5 .4
Eric Raymond Fetchmail 6.2.5 .2
Eric Raymond Fetchmail 6.2.5 .1
Eric Raymond Fetchmail 6.2.5
Debian Linux 3.1 sparc
Debian Linux 3.1 s/390
Debian Linux 3.1 ppc
Debian Linux 3.1 mipsel
Debian Linux 3.1 mips
Debian Linux 3.1 m68k
Debian Linux 3.1 ia-64
Debian Linux 3.1 ia-32
Debian Linux 3.1 hppa
Debian Linux 3.1 arm
Debian Linux 3.1 amd64
Debian Linux 3.1 alpha
Debian Linux 3.1
Cosmicperl Directory Pro 10.0.3
Conectiva Linux 10.0
Apple Mac OS X Server 10.4.7
Apple Mac OS X Server 10.4.6
Apple Mac OS X Server 10.4.5
Apple Mac OS X Server 10.4.4
Apple Mac OS X Server 10.4.3
Apple Mac OS X Server 10.4.2
Apple Mac OS X Server 10.4.1
Apple Mac OS X Server 10.4
Apple Mac OS X Server 10.3.9
Apple Mac OS X Server 10.3.8
Apple Mac OS X Server 10.3.7
Apple Mac OS X Server 10.3.6
Apple Mac OS X Server 10.3.5
Apple Mac OS X Server 10.3.4
Apple Mac OS X Server 10.3.3
Apple Mac OS X Server 10.3.2
Apple Mac OS X Server 10.3.1
Apple Mac OS X Server 10.3
Apple Mac OS X Server 10.2.8
Apple Mac OS X Server 10.2.7
Apple Mac OS X Server 10.2.6
Apple Mac OS X Server 10.2.5
Apple Mac OS X Server 10.2.4
Apple Mac OS X Server 10.2.3
Apple Mac OS X Server 10.2.2
Apple Mac OS X Server 10.2.1
Apple Mac OS X Server 10.2
Apple Mac OS X Server 10.1.5
Apple Mac OS X Server 10.1.4
Apple Mac OS X Server 10.1.3
Apple Mac OS X Server 10.1.2
Apple Mac OS X Server 10.1.1
Apple Mac OS X Server 10.1
Apple Mac OS X Server 10.0
Apple Mac OS X 10.4.7
Apple Mac OS X 10.4.6
Apple Mac OS X 10.4.5
Apple Mac OS X 10.4.4
Apple Mac OS X 10.4.3
Apple Mac OS X 10.4.2
Apple Mac OS X 10.4.1
Apple Mac OS X 10.4
Apple Mac OS X 10.3.9
Apple Mac OS X 10.3.8
Apple Mac OS X 10.3.7
Apple Mac OS X 10.3.6
Apple Mac OS X 10.3.5
Apple Mac OS X 10.3.4
Apple Mac OS X 10.3.3
Apple Mac OS X 10.3.2
Apple Mac OS X 10.3.1
Apple Mac OS X 10.3
Apple Mac OS X 10.2.8
Apple Mac OS X 10.2.7
Apple Mac OS X 10.2.6
Apple Mac OS X 10.2.5
Apple Mac OS X 10.2.4
Apple Mac OS X 10.2.3
Apple Mac OS X 10.2.2
Apple Mac OS X 10.2.1
Apple Mac OS X 10.2
Apple Mac OS X 10.1.5
Apple Mac OS X 10.1.4
Apple Mac OS X 10.1.3
Apple Mac OS X 10.1.2
Apple Mac OS X 10.1.1
Apple Mac OS X 10.1
Apple Mac OS X 10.0.4
Apple Mac OS X 10.0.2
Apple Mac OS X 10.0.1
Apple Mac OS X 10.0 3
Apple Mac OS X 10.0
Not Vulnerable: Eric Raymond Fetchmail 6.3.1 -rc1
Eric Raymond Fetchmail 6.3.1
Eric Raymond Fetchmail 6.2.6 -pre7
Eric Raymond Fetchmail 6.2.5 .5
Eric Raymond Fetchmail 6.2.5 .2

Discussion

Fetchmail Missing Email Header Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability

Fetchmail is affected by a remote denial-of-service vulnerability. This issue is due to the application's failure to handle unexpected input. This issue occurs only when Fetchmail is configured in 'multidrop' mode.

Exploit / POC

Fetchmail Missing Email Header Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability

An exploit is not required.

Solution / Fix

Fetchmail Missing Email Header Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability

Solution:
The vendor has released an advisory to address this issue. Please see the advisory for details on obtaining and applying fixes.


Turbolinux Turbolinux 10 F...

Turbolinux Turbolinux FUJI

TurboLinux Multimedia

Turbolinux Appliance Server 1.0 Workgroup Edition

Turbolinux Turbolinux Server 10.0

Turbolinux Turbolinux Desktop 10.0

Apple Mac OS X Server 10.3.9

Apple Mac OS X 10.3.9

Apple Mac OS X 10.4.7

Eric Raymond Fetchmail 6.2.5 .4

Eric Raymond Fetchmail 6.2.5 .1

Eric Raymond Fetchmail 6.3 .0

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Fetchmail Missing Email Header Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability

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