Fetchmail Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

BID:2877

Info

Fetchmail Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 2877
Class: Boundary Condition Error
CVE:
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Jun 15 2001 12:00AM
Updated: Jun 15 2001 12:00AM
Credit: Discovered by Wolfram Kleff <[email protected]>.
Vulnerable: Eric Raymond Fetchmail 5.8.6
- Apple Mac OS X 10.1
Eric Raymond Fetchmail 5.8.5
Eric Raymond Fetchmail 5.8.4
Eric Raymond Fetchmail 5.8.3
Eric Raymond Fetchmail 5.8.2
Eric Raymond Fetchmail 5.8.1
Eric Raymond Fetchmail 5.8 .0
+ SuSE Linux 7.2
Eric Raymond Fetchmail 5.7.2
Eric Raymond Fetchmail 5.7.1
- Debian Linux 2.3
Eric Raymond Fetchmail 5.7
Eric Raymond Fetchmail 5.6.8
Eric Raymond Fetchmail 5.6.7
Eric Raymond Fetchmail 5.6.6
Eric Raymond Fetchmail 5.6.5
+ SuSE Linux 7.1 x86
+ SuSE Linux 7.1 sparc
+ SuSE Linux 7.1 ppc
+ SuSE Linux 7.1 alpha
+ SuSE Linux 7.1
Eric Raymond Fetchmail 5.6.4
Eric Raymond Fetchmail 5.6.3
Eric Raymond Fetchmail 5.6.2
Eric Raymond Fetchmail 5.6.1
Eric Raymond Fetchmail 5.6
Eric Raymond Fetchmail 5.5.6
Eric Raymond Fetchmail 5.5.5
Eric Raymond Fetchmail 5.5.4
Eric Raymond Fetchmail 5.5.3
Eric Raymond Fetchmail 5.5.2
Eric Raymond Fetchmail 5.5.1
Eric Raymond Fetchmail 5.5
+ Cobalt Qube 3.0
- Immunix Immunix OS 7.0 beta
- Immunix Immunix OS 7.0
Eric Raymond Fetchmail 5.4.5
Eric Raymond Fetchmail 5.4.4
Eric Raymond Fetchmail 5.4.3
Eric Raymond Fetchmail 5.4.2
Eric Raymond Fetchmail 5.4.1
Eric Raymond Fetchmail 5.4 .0
+ Caldera OpenLinux Server 3.1.1
+ Caldera OpenLinux Server 3.1
+ Caldera OpenLinux Workstation 3.1.1
+ Caldera OpenLinux Workstation 3.1
+ EnGarde Secure Linux 1.0.1
- Guardian Digital Engarde Secure Linux 1.0.1
Eric Raymond Fetchmail 5.3.8
Eric Raymond Fetchmail 5.3.7
Eric Raymond Fetchmail 5.3.6
Eric Raymond Fetchmail 5.3.5
Eric Raymond Fetchmail 5.3.4
Eric Raymond Fetchmail 5.3.3
+ Debian Linux 2.2 sparc
+ Debian Linux 2.2 powerpc
+ Debian Linux 2.2 IA-32
+ Debian Linux 2.2 arm
+ Debian Linux 2.2 alpha
+ Debian Linux 2.2 68k
Eric Raymond Fetchmail 5.3.2
Eric Raymond Fetchmail 5.3.1
- Immunix Immunix OS 6.2
Eric Raymond Fetchmail 5.3
Eric Raymond Fetchmail 5.2
- SCO eDesktop 2.4
Eric Raymond Fetchmail 5.1
Eric Raymond Fetchmail 5.0
- Caldera OpenLinux 2.3
- SCO eServer 2.3
Not Vulnerable:

Solution / Fix

Fetchmail Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

Solution:
Immunix, Debian, FreeBSD, Conectiva, Guardian Digital (Engarde Secure Linux) and Caldera have released advisories and upgraded packages.


Eric Raymond Fetchmail 5.0

Eric Raymond Fetchmail 5.2

Eric Raymond Fetchmail 5.3.1

Eric Raymond Fetchmail 5.3.3

Eric Raymond Fetchmail 5.4 .0

Eric Raymond Fetchmail 5.5

Eric Raymond Fetchmail 5.5.5

Eric Raymond Fetchmail 5.7.1

Eric Raymond Fetchmail 5.8.6

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