Description
fetchmail 5.9.9 through 6.3.19 does not properly limit the wait time after issuing a (1) STARTTLS or (2) STLS request, which allows remote servers to cause a denial of service (application hang) by acknowledging the request but not sending additional packets.
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://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/05/31/17 ↗
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/48043 ↗
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-June/061672.html ↗
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/05/31/12 ↗
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/05/30/1 ↗
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/518251/100/0/threaded ↗
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-June/061634.html ↗
- http://gitorious.org/fetchmail/fetchmail/blobs/legacy_63/fetchmail-SA-2011-01.txt ↗
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1025605 ↗
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:107 ↗
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-June/061735.html ↗
- http://www.fetchmail.info/fetchmail-SA-2011-01.txt ↗
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/06/01/2 ↗
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/67700 ↗