Eric S. Raymond Fetchmail up to 6.3.1 Email resource management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability described as problematic has been identified in Eric S. Raymond Fetchmail up to 6.3.1. Impacted is an unknown function of the component Email Handler. Executing a manipulation can lead to resource management. This vulnerability is registered as CVE-2005-4348. No exploit is available. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

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A vulnerability has been found in Eric S. Raymond Fetchmail up to 6.3.1 and classified as critical. This vulnerability affects an unknown code block of the component Email Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a resource management vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-399. As an impact it is known to affect availability. CVE summarizes:

fetchmail before 6.3.1 and before 6.2.5.5, when configured for multidrop mode, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) by sending messages without headers from upstream mail servers.

The bug was discovered 12/19/2005. The weakness was published 12/20/2005 by Daniel Drake and Sunil Shetye (Website). The advisory is available at fetchmail.berlios.de. This vulnerability was named CVE-2005-4348 since 12/19/2005. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available.

It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 1 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 20467 (Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : fetchmail (MDKSA-2005:236)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Mandriva Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 156180 (Oracle Enterprise Linux Update for Fetchmail (ELSA-2007:0018)).

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at developer.berlios.de. The best possible mitigation is suggested to be upgrading to the latest version. A possible mitigation has been published 4 weeks after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (23713), Tenable (20467), SecurityFocus (BID 15987†), OSVDB (21906†) and Secunia (SA24284†). Similar entries are available at VDB-2801 and VDB-2802. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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Class: Resource management
CWE: CWE-399 / CWE-404
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Status: Proof-of-Concept

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Nessus ID: 20467
Nessus Name: Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : fetchmail (MDKSA-2005:236)
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OpenVAS ID: 56144
OpenVAS Name: Debian Security Advisory DSA 939-1 (fetchmail)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Patch: developer.berlios.de
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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: fetchmail.berlios.de
Researcher: Daniel Drake, Sunil Shetye
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2005-4348 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2005-4348
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-1930

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X-Force: 23713 - Fetchmail NULL pointer dereference denial of service, Medium Risk
SecurityFocus: 15987 - Fetchmail Missing Email Header Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability
Secunia: 24284 - SGI Advanced Linux Environment 3 Multiple Updates, Moderately Critical
OSVDB: 21906 - Fetchmail Multidrop Mode Headerless Message Remote DoS
SecurityTracker: 1015383
Vulnerability Center: 10092 - Fetchmail Remote DoS By Messages without Headers, Medium
Vupen: ADV-2005-2996

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Entryinfo

Created: 12/22/2005 16:37
Updated: 06/13/2019 07:53
Changes: 12/22/2005 16:37 (104), 06/13/2019 07:53 (1)
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Cache ID: 216:701:103

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