Fetchmail Bounced Message Denial Of Service Vulnerability
BID:16365
Info
Fetchmail Bounced Message Denial Of Service Vulnerability
| Bugtraq ID: | 16365 |
| Class: | Failure to Handle Exceptional Conditions |
| CVE: |
CVE-2006-0321 |
| Remote: | Yes |
| Local: | No |
| Published: | Jan 24 2006 12:00AM |
| Updated: | Aug 02 2006 09:11PM |
| Credit: | Nathaniel W. Turner is credited with the discovery of this vulnerability. |
| Vulnerable: |
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 Eric Raymond Fetchmail 6.3.2 rc3 Eric Raymond Fetchmail 6.3.2 rc2 Eric Raymond Fetchmail 6.3.1 -rc1 Eric Raymond Fetchmail 6.3.1 Eric Raymond Fetchmail 6.3 .0 Eric Raymond Fetchmail 6.3.2 rc1 Cosmicperl Directory Pro 10.0.3 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 10.1 Apple Mac OS X 10.0.4 Apple Mac OS X 10.0.3 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 6.3.2 rc4 Eric Raymond Fetchmail 6.3.2 |
Discussion
Fetchmail Bounced Message Denial Of Service Vulnerability
Fetchmail is prone to a denial-of-service vulnerability. This issue is due to a failure in the application to properly handle bounced messages.
An attacker can exploit this issue to cause fetchmail to crash, effectively denying service to legitimate users.
Fetchmail is prone to a denial-of-service vulnerability. This issue is due to a failure in the application to properly handle bounced messages.
An attacker can exploit this issue to cause fetchmail to crash, effectively denying service to legitimate users.
Exploit / POC
Fetchmail Bounced Message Denial Of Service Vulnerability
An exploit is not required.
An exploit is not required.
Solution / Fix
Fetchmail Bounced Message Denial Of Service Vulnerability
Solution:
The vendor has released an update to address this issue. Please see the advisory section for more information.
Eric Raymond Fetchmail 6.3.2 rc1
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 6.3 .0
Eric Raymond Fetchmail 6.3.1 -rc1
Eric Raymond Fetchmail 6.3.1
Eric Raymond Fetchmail 6.3.2 rc2
Eric Raymond Fetchmail 6.3.2 rc3
Solution:
The vendor has released an update to address this issue. Please see the advisory section for more information.
Eric Raymond Fetchmail 6.3.2 rc1
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Eric Raymond fetchmail-6.3.2.tar.bz2
http://download.berlios.de/fetchmail/fetchmail-6.3.2.tar.bz2
Apple Mac OS X Server 10.3.9
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Apple SecUpdSrvr2006-004Pan.dmg
http://wsidecar.apple.com/cgi-bin/nph-reg3rdpty2.pl/product=11231&cat= 1&platform=osx&method=sa/SecUpdSrvr2006-004Pan.dmg
Apple Mac OS X 10.3.9
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Apple SecUpd2006-004Pan.dmg
http://wsidecar.apple.com/cgi-bin/nph-reg3rdpty2.pl/product=11230&cat= 1&platform=osx&method=sa/SecUpd2006-004Pan.dmg
Apple Mac OS X 10.4.7
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Apple SecUpd2006-004Intel.dmg
http://wsidecar.apple.com/cgi-bin/nph-reg3rdpty2.pl/product=11232&cat= 1&platform=osx&method=sa/SecUpd2006-004Intel.dmg
Eric Raymond Fetchmail 6.3 .0
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Eric Raymond fetchmail-6.3.2.tar.bz2
http://download.berlios.de/fetchmail/fetchmail-6.3.2.tar.bz2
Eric Raymond Fetchmail 6.3.1 -rc1
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Eric Raymond fetchmail-6.3.2.tar.bz2
http://download.berlios.de/fetchmail/fetchmail-6.3.2.tar.bz2
Eric Raymond Fetchmail 6.3.1
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Eric Raymond fetchmail-6.3.2.tar.bz2
http://download.berlios.de/fetchmail/fetchmail-6.3.2.tar.bz2
Eric Raymond Fetchmail 6.3.2 rc2
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Eric Raymond fetchmail-6.3.2.tar.bz2
http://download.berlios.de/fetchmail/fetchmail-6.3.2.tar.bz2
Eric Raymond Fetchmail 6.3.2 rc3
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Eric Raymond fetchmail-6.3.2.tar.bz2
http://download.berlios.de/fetchmail/fetchmail-6.3.2.tar.bz2
References
Fetchmail Bounced Message Denial Of Service Vulnerability
References:
References:
- Debian Bug report logs - #348747 fetchmail: segfault when submitting dsn to loca (Debian)
- Fetchmail Homepage (Eric Raymond)
- fetchmail-SA-2006-01: crash when bouncing messages (Matthias Andree)