CVE-2006-0321
fetchmail 6.3.0 and other versions before 6.3.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via crafted e-mail messages that cause a free of an invalid pointer when fetchmail bounces
02 Description
fetchmail 6.3.0 and other versions before 6.3.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via crafted e-mail messages that cause a free of an invalid pointer when fetchmail bounces
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
- 3.50% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 88.6% 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
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
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
- 2006-01-24 00:00Z20 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 16:34Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2006-01-19
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-20Improper Input ValidationClass
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 29a7d231c14876f01d946b2d5e7e3c3fd03d8fea08cf6a94cfeb9f1545421ac9
05 Affected products
06 References
- lists.apple.comAPPLE-SA-2006-08-01http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2006//Aug/msg00000.html
- www.securityfocus.com16365http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16365
- developer.berlios.dehttp://developer.berlios.de/project/shownotes.php?release_id=8784
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comfetchmail-message-bounce-dos(24265)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/24265
- www.securityfocus.com20060122 fetchmail security announcement fetchmail-SA-2006-01 (CVE-2006-0321)http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/422936/100/0/threaded
- fetchmail.berlios.dehttp://fetchmail.berlios.de/fetchmail-SA-2006-01.txt
- www.vupen.comADV-2006-3101http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3101
- secunia.com21253http://secunia.com/advisories/21253
- secunia.com18571http://secunia.com/advisories/18571
- slackware.comSSA:2006-045-01http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2006&m=slackware-security.443499
- www.vupen.comADV-2006-0300http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/0300
- www.securityfocus.com19289http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19289
- www.us-cert.govTA06-214Ahttp://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-214A.html
- bugs.debian.orghttp://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=348747
- www.osvdb.org22691http://www.osvdb.org/22691
- securitytracker.com1015527http://securitytracker.com/id?1015527
- secunia.com18895http://secunia.com/advisories/18895
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- fetchmail Fixed in 6.3.2-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- fetchmail Fixed in 6.3.2-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- fetchmail Fixed in 6.3.2-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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