CVE-2010-1167

fetchmail 4.6.3 through 6.3.16, when debug mode is enabled, does not properly handle invalid characters in a multi-character locale, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption and application crash) via a crafted (1) message header or (2) POP3 UIDL list.

Score

CVSS 2.0 4.3 Medium

Status

Modified - secalert@redhat.com

Published

2010-05-07

Last modified

2024-08-07

Weaknesses

CWE-20

Affected products

• Fetchmail (Fetchmail)

References

• http://developer.berlios.de/project/shownotes.php?group_id=1824&release_id=17512
• http://www.fetchmail.info/fetchmail-SA-2010-02.txt
• http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:107
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/511140/100/0/threaded
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/39556