CVE-2011-1947 in fetchmail

Summary

fetchmail 5.9.9 through 6.3.19 does not properly limit the wait time after issuing a (1) STARTTLS or (2) STLS request, which allows remote servers to cause a denial of service (application hang) by acknowledging the request but not sending additional packets.

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• Reservation: 05/09/2011
• Disclosure: 06/02/2011
• Moderation: VulDB entry created
• Entries: 1: VDB-57563
• CPE: ready
• CWE: CWE-399 (Confirmed)
• CVSS: 5.3
• EPSS: 0.02444
• Activities: Very Low

Sources

• MITRE: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2011-1947
• NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-1947
• CVE Details: https://www.cvedetails.com/cve/CVE-2011-1947/