CVE-2003-0792
Fetchmail 6.2.4 and earlier does not properly allocate memory for long lines, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a certain email.
02 Description
Fetchmail 6.2.4 and earlier does not properly allocate memory for long lines, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a certain email.
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 1.99% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 80.2% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- Moderate. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2003-10-21 04:00Z23 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-08 02:05Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2003-09-17
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 292e46b6f30345911306d10264c07b8c15cb81f1716860ce695e1e1e0aae825d
05 Affected products
06 References
- ftp.sco.comCSSA-2004-004.0ftp://ftp.sco.com/pub/updates/OpenLinux/3.1.1/Server/CSSA-2004-004.0/CSSA-2004-004.0.txt
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comfetchmail-email-dos(13450)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/13450
- www.securityfocus.comIMNX-2003-7+-023-01http://www.securityfocus.com/advisories/5987
- www.securityfocus.com8843http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/8843
- www.mandriva.comMDKSA-2003:101http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2003:101
- security.gentoo.orgGLSA-200403-10http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200403-10.xml
- www.turbolinux.comTLSA-2003-61http://www.turbolinux.com/security/TLSA-2003-61.txt
- marc.info20040220 LNSA-#2004-0002: Fetchmail 6.2.4 and earlier remote denial of servicehttp://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=107731542827401&w=2
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- fetchmail Fixed in 6.2.5
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- fetchmail Fixed in 6.2.5
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- fetchmail Fixed in 6.2.5
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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