Eric S. Raymond Fetchmail Message Count IMAP Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

BID:4788

Info

Eric S. Raymond Fetchmail Message Count IMAP Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 4788
Class: Boundary Condition Error
CVE:
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: May 21 2002 12:00AM
Updated: May 21 2002 12:00AM
Credit: Vulnerability announced by Eric S. Raymond.
Vulnerable: Eric Raymond Fetchmail 5.9.9
+ HP Secure OS software for Linux 1.0
Eric Raymond Fetchmail 5.9.8
Eric Raymond Fetchmail 5.9.7
Eric Raymond Fetchmail 5.9.6
Eric Raymond Fetchmail 5.9.5
+ OpenPKG OpenPKG 1.0
Eric Raymond Fetchmail 5.9.4
Eric Raymond Fetchmail 5.9.3
Eric Raymond Fetchmail 5.9.2
Eric Raymond Fetchmail 5.9.1
Eric Raymond Fetchmail 5.8.17
+ Caldera OpenLinux Server 3.1.1
+ Caldera OpenLinux Server 3.1
+ Caldera OpenLinux Workstation 3.1.1
+ Caldera OpenLinux Workstation 3.1
Eric Raymond Fetchmail 5.8.16
Not Vulnerable: Eric Raymond Fetchmail 5.9.11
+ Debian Linux 3.0 sparc
 + Debian Linux 3.0 s/390
 + Debian Linux 3.0 ppc
 + Debian Linux 3.0 mipsel
 + Debian Linux 3.0 mips
 + Debian Linux 3.0 m68k
 + Debian Linux 3.0 ia-64
 + Debian Linux 3.0 ia-32
 + Debian Linux 3.0 hppa
 + Debian Linux 3.0 arm
 + Debian Linux 3.0 alpha
 Eric Raymond Fetchmail 5.9.10

Discussion

Eric S. Raymond Fetchmail Message Count IMAP Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

Fetchmail is a freely available, open source mail retrieval utility. It is maintained by Eric S. Raymond.

A malicious IMAP server may return a message index count of large size. In the event of an IMAP server doing so, the fetchmail client could allocate an amount of memory that overwrites the process stack memory space.

Exploit / POC

Eric S. Raymond Fetchmail Message Count IMAP Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

Currently the SecurityFocus staff are not aware of any exploits for this issue. If you feel we are in error or are aware of more recent information, please mail us at: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>.

Solution / Fix

Eric S. Raymond Fetchmail Message Count IMAP Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

Solution:
Hewlett-Packard Company suggests that customers download and install the RPMs listed in Red Hat Security Advisory RHSA-2002:047.

This vulnerability has been fixed in version 5.9.10. Updates available:


Eric Raymond Fetchmail 5.8.17

Eric Raymond Fetchmail 5.9.1

Eric Raymond Fetchmail 5.9.2

Eric Raymond Fetchmail 5.9.3

Eric Raymond Fetchmail 5.9.4

Eric Raymond Fetchmail 5.9.5

Eric Raymond Fetchmail 5.9.6

Eric Raymond Fetchmail 5.9.7

Eric Raymond Fetchmail 5.9.8

Eric Raymond Fetchmail 5.9.9

References

Eric S. Raymond Fetchmail Message Count IMAP Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

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