Description
Buffer overflows in Fetchmail 6.0.0 and earlier allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or execute arbitrary code via (1) long headers that are not properly processed by the readheaders function, or (2) via long Received: headers, which are not properly parsed by the parse_received function.
Affected products
Version statuses are supplied by the assigning organization. Consult the original record for detailed ranges and platform conditions.
n/a n/a
n/aaffected
References
- http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/security/2002/MDKSA-2002-063.php ↗
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5827 ↗
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=103340148625187&w=2 ↗
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5825 ↗
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2002-215.html ↗
- http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/10203.php ↗
- http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000531 ↗
- http://www.linuxsecurity.com/advisories/other_advisory-2402.html ↗
- http://www.debian.org/security/2002/dsa-171 ↗