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Status published
Medium
CVE-2003-0792
Fetchmail 6.2.4 and earlier does not properly allocate memory for...
Vulnerability 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.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
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Credits & Attribution
No credits recorded in the NVD database.
References
- ftp://ftp.sco.com/pub/updates/OpenLinux/3.1.1/Server/CSSA-2004-004.0/CSSA-2004-004.0.txt
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/13450
- http://www.securityfocus.com/advisories/5987
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/8843
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2003:101
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200403-10.xml
- http://www.turbolinux.com/security/TLSA-2003-61.txt
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=107731542827401&w=2
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Affected Vendor
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Vulnerable Versions:
0, 4.5.1, 4.5.2, 4.5.3, 4.5.4, 4.5.5, 4.5.6, 4.5.7, 4.5.8, 4.6.0, 4.6.1, 4.6.2, 4.6.3, 4.6.4, 4.6.5, 4.6.6, 4.6.7, 4.6.8, 4.6.9, 4.7.0, 4.7.1, 4.7.2, 4.7.3, 4.7.4, 4.7.5, 4.7.6, 4.7.7, 5.0.0, 5.0.1, 5.0.2, 5.0.3, 5.0.4, 5.0.5, 5.0.6, 5.0.7, 5.0.8, 5.1.0, 5.1.4, 5.2.0, 5.2.1, 5.2.3, 5.2.4, 5.2.7, 5.2.8, 5.3.0, 5.3.1, 5.3.3, 5.3.8, 5.4.0, 5.4.3, 5.4.4, 5.4.5, 5.5.0, 5.5.2, 5.5.3, 5.5.5, 5.5.6, 5.6.0, 5.7.0, 5.7.2, 5.7.4, 5.8, 5.8.1, 5.8.2, 5.8.3, 5.8.4, 5.8.5, 5.8.6, 5.8.11, 5.8.13, 5.8.14, 5.8.17, 5.9.0, 5.9.4, 5.9.5, 5.9.8, 5.9.10, 5.9.11, 5.9.13, 6.0.0, 6.1.0, 6.1.3, 6.2.0, 6.2.1, 6.2.2, 6.2.3
Timeline
Official Publish:
October 21st, 2003
Last Modified:
August 8th, 2024
Added to House:
July 18th, 2026
CVSS Vectors
Weaknesses (CWE)
No CWE data available
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.