Fetchmail NTLM Authentication Debug Mode Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability

BID:54987

Info

Fetchmail NTLM Authentication Debug Mode Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 54987
Class: Design Error
CVE: CVE-2012-3482
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Aug 13 2012 12:00AM
Updated: Apr 16 2015 05:50PM
Credit: J. Porter Clark
Vulnerable: Mandriva Linux Mandrake 2011 x86_64
Mandriva Linux Mandrake 2011
MandrakeSoft Enterprise Server 5 x86_64
MandrakeSoft Enterprise Server 5
Eric Raymond Fetchmail 6.3.17
Eric Raymond Fetchmail 6.3.16
Eric Raymond Fetchmail 6.3.13
Eric Raymond Fetchmail 6.3.12
Eric Raymond Fetchmail 6.3.11
Eric Raymond Fetchmail 6.3.10
Eric Raymond Fetchmail 6.3.1
Eric Raymond Fetchmail 6.3
Eric Raymond Fetchmail 6.2.5
+ MandrakeSoft Corporate Server 3.0 x86_64
+ MandrakeSoft Corporate Server 3.0
+ Mandriva Linux Mandrake 10.2 x86_64
+ Mandriva Linux Mandrake 10.2
+ Mandriva Linux Mandrake 10.1 x86_64
+ Mandriva Linux Mandrake 10.1
+ Red Hat Fedora Core4
+ Red Hat Fedora Core3
+ Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 5.10 powerpc
+ Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 5.10 i386
+ Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 5.10 amd64
+ Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 5.0 4 powerpc
+ Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 5.0 4 i386
+ Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 5.0 4 amd64
+ Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 4.1 ppc
+ Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 4.1 ia64
+ Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 4.1 ia32
Eric Raymond Fetchmail 6.2.4
Eric Raymond Fetchmail 6.2.2
Eric Raymond Fetchmail 6.1.3
+ OpenPKG OpenPKG Current
Eric Raymond Fetchmail 5.9.14
+ Gentoo Linux 1.4 _rc1
+ Gentoo Linux 1.2
Eric Raymond Fetchmail 5.9.13
+ OpenPKG OpenPKG 1.1
+ S.u.S.E. Linux 8.1
Eric Raymond Fetchmail 5.9.12
+ Conectiva Linux 8.0
+ Conectiva Linux 7.0
+ Conectiva Linux 6.0
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
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
Eric Raymond Fetchmail 5.8.15
Eric Raymond Fetchmail 5.8.14
Eric Raymond Fetchmail 5.8.13
Eric Raymond Fetchmail 5.8.12
Eric Raymond Fetchmail 5.8.11
Eric Raymond Fetchmail 5.8.10
Eric Raymond Fetchmail 5.8.9
Eric Raymond Fetchmail 5.8.8
Eric Raymond Fetchmail 5.8.7
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 5.7.4
- Mandriva Linux Mandrake 8.0
Eric Raymond Fetchmail 5.7.3
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
+ S.u.S.E. Linux 7.1 x86
+ S.u.S.E. Linux 7.1 sparc
+ S.u.S.E. Linux 7.1 ppc
+ S.u.S.E. Linux 7.1 alpha
+ S.u.S.E. 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
- Conectiva Linux 6.0
- Conectiva Linux 5.1
- Conectiva Linux 5.0
- Conectiva Linux graficas
- Conectiva Linux ecommerce
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 5.3.8
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 6.3.20
Eric Raymond Fetchmail 6.3.19
Eric Raymond Fetchmail 6.3.18
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

Fetchmail NTLM Authentication Debug Mode Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability

Fetchmail is prone to a denial-of-service vulnerability.

An attacker can exploit this issue to cause an application crash, denying service to legitimate users.

Fetchmail 6.3.21 and prior versions are vulnerable.

Exploit / POC

Fetchmail NTLM Authentication Debug Mode Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability

Currently we are not aware of any working exploits. If you feel we are in error or if you are aware of more recent information, please mail us at: [email protected].

Solution / Fix

Fetchmail NTLM Authentication Debug Mode Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability

Solution:
Updates are available. Please see the references for more information.

References

Fetchmail NTLM Authentication Debug Mode Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability

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