CVE-2006-5974
Severity Score
7.8
*CVSS v2
Exploit Likelihood
*EPSS
Affected Versions
*CPE
Public Exploits
0
*Multiple Sources
Exploited in Wild
-
*KEV
Decision
-
*SSVC
Descriptions
fetchmail 6.3.5 and 6.3.6 before 6.3.6-rc4, when refusing a message delivered via the mda option, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via unknown vectors that trigger a NULL pointer dereference when calling the (1) ferror or (2) fflush functions.
fetchmail 6.3.5 y 6.3.6-rc4, cuando rechazan un mensaje entregado mediante la opción mda, permite a atacantes remotos provocar una denegación de servicio (caída) mediante vectores desconocidos que disparan una referencia a puntero nulo cuando se llama a las funciones (1) ferror o (2) fflush.
*Credits:
N/A
CVSS Scores
Attack Vector
Attack Complexity
Authentication
Confidentiality
Integrity
Availability
* Common Vulnerability Scoring System
SSVC
- Decision:-
Exploitation
Automatable
Tech. Impact
* Organization's Worst-case Scenario
Timeline
- 2006-11-20 CVE Reserved
- 2006-12-31 CVE Published
- 2023-12-20 EPSS Updated
- 2024-08-07 CVE Updated
- ---------- Exploited in Wild
- ---------- KEV Due Date
- ---------- First Exploit
CWE
- CWE-20: Improper Input Validation
CAPEC
References (18)
| URL | Tag | Source |
|---|---|---|
| http://fetchmail.berlios.de/fetchmail-SA-2006-03.txt | X_refsource_confirm | |
| http://osvdb.org/31836 | Vdb Entry | |
| http://securitytracker.com/id?1017479 | Vdb Entry | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/456114/100/0/threaded | Mailing List | |
| http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0087 | Vdb Entry | |
| http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0088 | Vdb Entry |
| URL | Date | SRC |
|---|
| URL | Date | SRC |
|---|---|---|
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21902 | 2018-10-17 |
| URL | Date | SRC |
|---|---|---|
| http://fedoranews.org/cms/node/2429 | 2018-10-17 | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/23631 | 2018-10-17 | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/23804 | 2018-10-17 | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/23838 | 2018-10-17 | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/23923 | 2018-10-17 | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/24151 | 2018-10-17 | |
| http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200701-13.xml | 2018-10-17 | |
| http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2007&m=slackware-security.517995 | 2018-10-17 | |
| http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_4_sr.html | 2018-10-17 | |
| http://www.openpkg.com/security/advisories/OpenPKG-SA-2007.004.html | 2018-10-17 | |
| http://www.trustix.org/errata/2007/0007 | 2018-10-17 |
Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions
| Vendor | Product | Version | Other | Status | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vendor | Product | Version | Other | Status | <-- --> | Vendor | Product | Version | Other | Status |
| Fetchmail Search vendor "Fetchmail" | Fetchmail Search vendor "Fetchmail" for product "Fetchmail" | 6.3.5 Search vendor "Fetchmail" for product "Fetchmail" and version "6.3.5" | - |
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| Fetchmail Search vendor "Fetchmail" | Fetchmail Search vendor "Fetchmail" for product "Fetchmail" | 6.3.6 Search vendor "Fetchmail" for product "Fetchmail" and version "6.3.6" | rc1 |
Affected
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| Fetchmail Search vendor "Fetchmail" | Fetchmail Search vendor "Fetchmail" for product "Fetchmail" | 6.3.6 Search vendor "Fetchmail" for product "Fetchmail" and version "6.3.6" | rc2 |
Affected
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| Fetchmail Search vendor "Fetchmail" | Fetchmail Search vendor "Fetchmail" for product "Fetchmail" | 6.3.6 Search vendor "Fetchmail" for product "Fetchmail" and version "6.3.6" | rc3 |
Affected
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