fetchmail up to 5.9.7 sink.c denial of service

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in fetchmail up to 5.9.7. Affected is an unknown function of the file sink.c. The manipulation leads to denial of service. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2007-4565. There is no available exploit. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in fetchmail up to 5.9.7 and classified as problematic. This issue affects an unknown functionality of the file sink.c. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a denial of service vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-404. The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use. Impacted is availability. The summary by CVE is:

sink.c in fetchmail before 6.3.9 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL dereference and application crash) by refusing certain warning messages that are sent over SMTP.

The bug was discovered 08/28/2007. The weakness was presented 09/07/2007 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at mknod.org. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2007-4565 since 08/27/2007. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Technical details of the vulnerability are known, but there is no available exploit.

It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 67920 (Oracle Linux 3 / 4 / 5 : fetchmail (ELSA-2009-1427)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Oracle Linux Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 116215 (Apple Mac OS X Security Update 2009-001 Not Installed (APPLE-SA-2009-02-12)).

Upgrading to version 5.9.8 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published 3 years after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (36385), Tenable (67920), SecurityFocus (BID 25495†), OSVDB (45833†) and Secunia (SA27399†). See VDB-3868, VDB-3872, VDB-38743 and VDB-42789 for similar entries. Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Denial of service
CWE: CWE-404
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Proof-of-Concept

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Nessus ID: 67920
Nessus Name: Oracle Linux 3 / 4 / 5 : fetchmail (ELSA-2009-1427)
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OpenVAS ID: 58615
OpenVAS Name: Debian Security Advisory DSA 1377-1 (fetchmail)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: fetchmail 5.9.8

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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: mknod.org
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2007-4565 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2007-4565
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-38543

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X-Force: 36385
SecurityFocus: 25495 - Fetchmail Failed Warning Message Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability
Secunia: 27399
OSVDB: 45833 - Fetchmail SMTP Warning Message Refusal DoS
SecurityTracker: 1018627
Vulnerability Center: 15994 - Fetchmail Failed SMTP Warning Messages Vulnerability Allows Remote Attackers to Cause DoS, High
Vupen: ADV-2007-3032

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/16/2015 12:18
Updated: 07/25/2019 12:57
Changes: 03/16/2015 12:18 (87), 07/25/2019 12:57 (2)
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