Executive Summary
| Summary | |
|---|---|
| Title | Updated fetchmail packages fix DoS vulnerability |
| Informations | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Name | MDKSA-2007:179 | First vendor Publication | 2007-09-11 |
| Vendor | Mandriva | Last vendor Modification | 2007-09-11 |
| Severity (Vendor) | N/A | Revision | N/A |
Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3
| Cvss vector : N/A | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Overall CVSS Score | NA | ||
| Base Score | NA | Environmental Score | NA |
| impact SubScore | NA | Temporal Score | NA |
| Exploitabality Sub Score | NA | ||
| Calculate full CVSS 3.0 Vectors scores | |||
Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2
| Cvss vector : (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Cvss Base Score | 5 | Attack Range | Network |
| Cvss Impact Score | 2.9 | Attack Complexity | Low |
| Cvss Expoit Score | 10 | Authentication | None Required |
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Detail
| A vulnerability in fetchmail was found where it could crash when attempting to deliver an internal warning or error message through an untrusted or compromised SMTP server, leading to a denial of service. Updated packages have been patched to prevent these issues. |
Original Source
| Url : http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:179 |
OVAL Definitions
| Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10528 | |||
| Oval ID: | oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10528 | ||
| Title: | 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. | ||
| Description: | 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. | ||
| Family: | unix | Class: | vulnerability |
| Reference(s): | CVE-2007-4565 | Version: | 5 |
| Platform(s): | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 CentOS Linux 3 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 CentOS Linux 4 Oracle Linux 4 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 CentOS Linux 5 Oracle Linux 5 | Product(s): | |
| Definition Synopsis: | |||
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| Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:17131 | |||
| Oval ID: | oval:org.mitre.oval:def:17131 | ||
| Title: | USN-520-1 -- fetchmail vulnerabilities | ||
| Description: | Gaetan Leurent discovered a vulnerability in the APOP protocol based on MD5 collisions. | ||
| Family: | unix | Class: | patch |
| Reference(s): | USN-520-1 CVE-2007-1558 CVE-2007-4565 | Version: | 7 |
| Platform(s): | Ubuntu 6.06 Ubuntu 6.10 Ubuntu 7.04 | Product(s): | fetchmail |
| Definition Synopsis: | |||
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| Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:20221 | |||
| Oval ID: | oval:org.mitre.oval:def:20221 | ||
| Title: | DSA-1377-2 fetchmail - null pointer dereference | ||
| Description: | Matthias Andree discovered that fetchmail, an SSL enabled POP3, APOP and IMAP mail gatherer/forwarder, can under certain circumstances attempt to dereference a NULL pointer and crash. | ||
| Family: | unix | Class: | patch |
| Reference(s): | DSA-1377-2 CVE-2007-4565 | Version: | 5 |
| Platform(s): | Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 | Product(s): | fetchmail |
| Definition Synopsis: | |||
CPE : Common Platform Enumeration
OpenVAS Exploits
| Date | Description |
|---|---|
| 2011-08-09 | Name : CentOS Update for fetchmail CESA-2009:1427 centos3 i386 File : nvt/gb_CESA-2009_1427_fetchmail_centos3_i386.nasl |
| 2011-08-09 | Name : CentOS Update for fetchmail CESA-2009:1427 centos4 i386 File : nvt/gb_CESA-2009_1427_fetchmail_centos4_i386.nasl |
| 2011-08-09 | Name : CentOS Update for fetchmail CESA-2009:1427 centos5 i386 File : nvt/gb_CESA-2009_1427_fetchmail_centos5_i386.nasl |
| 2010-05-12 | Name : Mac OS X Security Update 2009-001 File : nvt/macosx_secupd_2009-001.nasl |
| 2009-11-17 | Name : Mac OS X Version File : nvt/macosx_version.nasl |
| 2009-10-13 | Name : SLES10: Security update for fetchmail File : nvt/sles10_fetchmail0.nasl |
| 2009-10-10 | Name : SLES9: Security update for fetchmail File : nvt/sles9p5015579.nasl |
| 2009-09-15 | Name : CentOS Security Advisory CESA-2009:1427 (fetchmail) File : nvt/ovcesa2009_1427.nasl |
| 2009-09-09 | Name : RedHat Security Advisory RHSA-2009:1427 File : nvt/RHSA_2009_1427.nasl |
| 2009-04-09 | Name : Mandriva Update for fetchmail MDKSA-2007:179 (fetchmail) File : nvt/gb_mandriva_MDKSA_2007_179.nasl |
| 2009-03-23 | Name : Ubuntu Update for fetchmail vulnerabilities USN-520-1 File : nvt/gb_ubuntu_USN_520_1.nasl |
| 2009-02-27 | Name : Fedora Update for fetchmail FEDORA-2007-1983 File : nvt/gb_fedora_2007_1983_fetchmail_fc7.nasl |
| 2009-02-27 | Name : Fedora Update for fetchmail FEDORA-2007-689 File : nvt/gb_fedora_2007_689_fetchmail_fc6.nasl |
| 2008-09-04 | Name : FreeBSD Ports: fetchmail File : nvt/freebsd_fetchmail8.nasl |
| 2008-01-17 | Name : Debian Security Advisory DSA 1377-1 (fetchmail) File : nvt/deb_1377_1.nasl |
| 2008-01-17 | Name : Debian Security Advisory DSA 1377-2 (fetchmail) File : nvt/deb_1377_2.nasl |
Open Source Vulnerability Database (OSVDB)
| Id | Description |
|---|---|
| 45833 | Fetchmail SMTP Warning Message Refusal DoS |
Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner
| Date | Description |
|---|---|
| 2013-07-12 | Name : The remote Oracle Linux host is missing a security update. File : oraclelinux_ELSA-2009-1427.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2012-08-01 | Name : The remote Scientific Linux host is missing a security update. File : sl_20090908_fetchmail_on_SL3_x.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2009-09-24 | Name : The remote SuSE 9 host is missing a security-related patch. File : suse9_11814.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2009-09-09 | Name : The remote CentOS host is missing a security update. File : centos_RHSA-2009-1427.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2009-09-09 | Name : The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update. File : redhat-RHSA-2009-1427.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2009-02-13 | Name : The remote host is missing a Mac OS X update that fixes various security issues. File : macosx_SecUpd2009-001.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2007-12-13 | Name : The remote SuSE 10 host is missing a security-related patch. File : suse_fetchmail-4462.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2007-11-10 | Name : The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security-related patches. File : ubuntu_USN-520-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2007-11-06 | Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update. File : fedora_2007-1983.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2007-10-25 | Name : The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update. File : suse_fetchmail-4490.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2007-09-24 | Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update. File : debian_DSA-1377.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2007-09-14 | Name : The remote Mandrake Linux host is missing one or more security updates. File : mandrake_MDKSA-2007-179.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2007-09-05 | Name : The remote Fedora Core host is missing a security update. File : fedora_2007-689.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2007-09-05 | Name : The remote FreeBSD host is missing a security-related update. File : freebsd_pkg_45500f74594711dc87c1000e2e5785ad.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
Alert History
| Date | Informations |
|---|---|
| 2014-02-17 11:38:52 |
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