CVE-2008-2711
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
02 Description
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
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
- 3.00% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 87.2% 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
- Low. 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
- 2008-06-16 21:00Z18 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 09:14Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2008-06-16
- 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
- 23564d3aa48ae3fbc1d9bf5760866fc60a7954a3ce764e87f524d86f212f64ad
05 Affected products
06 References
- www.vupen.comADV-2008-1860http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1860/references
- secunia.com31287http://secunia.com/advisories/31287
- www.securityfocus.com20080729 rPSA-2008-0235-1 fetchmail fetchmailconfhttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/494865/100/0/threaded
- www.securitytracker.com1020298http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020298
- secunia.com33937http://secunia.com/advisories/33937
- www.securityfocus.com20080617 fetchmail security announcement fetchmail-SA-2008-01 (CVE-2008-2711)http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/493391/100/0/threaded
- secunia.com31262http://secunia.com/advisories/31262
- wiki.rpath.comhttp://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0235
- support.apple.comhttp://support.apple.com/kb/HT3438
- lists.apple.comAPPLE-SA-2009-02-12http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Feb/msg00000.html
- secunia.com30895http://secunia.com/advisories/30895
- www.redhat.comFEDORA-2008-5800https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-June/msg01095.html
- www.redhat.comFEDORA-2008-5789https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-June/msg01091.html
- slackware.comSSA:2008-210-01http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2008&m=slackware-security.495740
- www.fetchmail.infohttp://www.fetchmail.info/fetchmail-SA-2008-01.txt
- www.vupen.comADV-2009-0422http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0422
- www.securityfocus.com29705http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29705
- issues.rpath.comhttps://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2623
- bugzilla.novell.comhttps://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=354291
- www.mandriva.comMDVSA-2008:117http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:117
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comfetchmail-logmessage-dos(43121)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43121
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20080613 CVE Id Request: fetchmail <= 6.3.8 DoS when logging long headers in -v -v modehttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/06/13/1
- oval.cisecurity.orgoval:org.mitre.oval:def:10950https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10950
- secunia.com30742http://secunia.com/advisories/30742
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20210809 fetchmail 6.4.21 released/regression fix for 6.4.20's security fix, and UPDATE: fetchmail <= 6.4.19 security announcement 2021-01 (CVE-2021-36386)http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/08/09/1
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- fetchmail Fixed in 6.3.9~rc2-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- fetchmail Fixed in 6.3.9~rc2-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- fetchmail Fixed in 6.3.9~rc2-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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