QID 240272

Date Published: 2022-05-11

QID 240272: Red Hat Update for fetchmail (RHSA-2022:1964)

fetchmail is a remote mail retrieval and forwarding utility intended for use over on-demand tcp/ip links, like slip or ppp connections.
Fetchmail supports every remote-mail protocol currently in use on the internet (pop2, pop3, rpop, apop, kpop, all imaps, esmtp etrn, ipv6, and ipsec) for retrieval.
Then fetchmail forwards the mail through smtp so the user can read it through their favorite mail client.

Security Fix(es):
  • fetchmail: dos or information disclosure when logging long messages (cve-2021-36386)
  • fetchmail: starttls session encryption bypassing (cve-2021-39272)

Affected Products:

  • Red Hat enterprise linux for x86_64 8 x86_64
  • Red Hat enterprise linux for ibm z systems 8 s390x
  • Red Hat enterprise linux for power, little endian 8 ppc64le
  • Red Hat enterprise linux for arm 64 8 aarch64



Note: The preceding description block is extracted directly from the security advisory. Using automation, we have attempted to clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could lead to a security breach or could affect integrity, availability, and confidentiality.

  • CVSS V3 rated as High - 7.5 severity.
  • CVSS V2 rated as Medium - 4.3 severity.
    • Solution
    Refer to Red Hat security advisory RHSA-2022:1964 for updates and patch information.
    Vendor References

    CVEs related to QID 240272

    CVE-2021-36386 | CVE-2021-39272 |
    Software Advisories
    Advisory ID Software Component Link
    RHSA-2022:1964 Red Hat Enterprise Linux URL Logo access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:1964
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