CVE-2008-2711

fetchmail: Crash in large log messages in verbose mode

Published Jun 16, 2008 CVSS 2.0 · 4.3 Medium EPSS 3.0% KEV · Not listed
Description
fetchmail 6.3.8 and earlier, when running in -v -v (aka verbose) mode, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash and persistent mail failure) via a malformed mail message with long headers, which triggers an erroneous dereference when using vsnprintf to format log messages.

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Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2008-2705 fetchmail 6.3.8 and earlier, when running in -v -v (aka verbose) mode, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash and persistent mail failure) via a malformed mail message with long headers, which triggers an erroneous dereference when using vsnprintf to format log messages.
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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
mitre
Published
Updated
Aug 7, 2024, 9:14 AM
Reserved
Jun 16, 2008, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Jun 16, 2008, 9:41 PM
Modified
Jun 16, 2026, 10:54 PM
Severity
Low
Public date
Jun 13, 2008, 12:00 AM