National Cyber-Alert System

Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2007-4565

Overview

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.

Impact

CVSS Severity (version 2.0):

CVSS Version 2 Metrics:

Vendor Statements (disclaimer)

Official Statement from Red Hat (09/09/2009)

This issue was addressed in fetchmail packages as shipped in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3, 4, and 5 via: https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1427.html

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://mknod.org/svn/fetchmail/branches/BRANCH_6-3/fetchmail-SA-2007-02.txt

Type: Patch Information

Hyperlink:http://mknod.org/svn/fetchmail/branches/BRANCH_6-3/fetchmail-SA-2007-02.txt

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1690

Hyperlink:https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1690

External Source: XF

Name: fetchmail-warning-dos(36385)

Hyperlink:http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/36385

External Source: VUPEN

Name: ADV-2009-0422

Hyperlink:http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0422

External Source: VUPEN

Name: ADV-2007-3032

Hyperlink:http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3032

External Source: UBUNTU

Name: USN-520-1

Hyperlink:http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-520-1

External Source: TRUSTIX

Name: 2007-0028

Hyperlink:http://www.trustix.org/errata/2007/0028/

External Source: SECTRACK

Name: 1018627

Hyperlink:http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018627

External Source: BID

Name: 25495

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25495

External Source: BUGTRAQ

Name: 20080617 fetchmail security announcement fetchmail-SA-2007-02 (CVE-2007-4565)

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/493388/100/0/threaded

External Source: BUGTRAQ

Name: 20070907 FLEA-2007-0053-1 fetchmail

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/478798/100/0/threaded

External Source: MANDRIVA

Name: MDKSA-2007:179

Hyperlink:http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:179

External Source: DEBIAN

Name: DSA-1377

Hyperlink:http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1377

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3438

Hyperlink:http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3438

External Source: SREASON

Name: 3074

Hyperlink:http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3074

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 33937

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/33937

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 27399

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/27399

External Source: OVAL

Name: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10528

Hyperlink:http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10528

External Source: OSVDB

Name: 45833

Hyperlink:http://osvdb.org/45833

External Source: SUSE

Name: SUSE-SR:2007:022

Hyperlink:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2007-10/msg00008.html

External Source: APPLE

Name: APPLE-SA-2009-02-12

Hyperlink:http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Feb/msg00000.html

References to Check Content

Identifier:oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10528

Check System:http://oval.mitre.org/XMLSchema/oval-definitions-5

Hyperlink:http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/DownloadDefinition?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10528