CVE-2008-2711 (GCVE-0-2008-2711)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2008-06-16 21:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 09:14
VLAI?
Summary
fetchmail 6.3.8 and earlier, when running in -v -v (aka verbose) mode, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash and persistent mail failure) via a malformed mail message with long headers, which triggers an erroneous dereference when using vsnprintf to format log messages.
Severity ?
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1860… vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
http://secunia.com/advisories/31287 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/494865/100… mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020298 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
http://secunia.com/advisories/33937 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/493391/100… mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
http://secunia.com/advisories/31262 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0235 x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3438 x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLE
http://secunia.com/advisories/30895 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-an… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-an… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackw… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SLACKWARE
http://www.fetchmail.info/fetchmail-SA-2008-01.txt x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0422 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29705 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2623 x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=354291 x_refsource_MISC
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilit… vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/06/13/1 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/def… vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
http://secunia.com/advisories/30742 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/08/09/1 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
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    "assignerOrgId": "8254265b-2729-46b6-b9e3-3dfca2d5bfca",
    "assignerShortName": "mitre",
    "cveId": "CVE-2008-2711",
    "datePublished": "2008-06-16T21:00:00.000Z",
    "dateReserved": "2008-06-16T00:00:00.000Z",
    "dateUpdated": "2024-08-07T09:14:14.639Z",
    "state": "PUBLISHED"
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}


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Taxonomy of the tags.




Sightings

Author Source Type Date

Nomenclature

  • Seen: The vulnerability was mentioned, discussed, or observed by the user.
  • Confirmed: The vulnerability has been validated from an analyst's perspective.
  • Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
  • Exploited: The vulnerability was observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
  • Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
  • Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
  • Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
  • Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.



Detection rules are retrieved from Rulezet.