HIGH
security flaw
Published Dec 21, 2005
7.8
HIGHCVSS 2.0
EPSS 3.64%
Description
fetchmail before 6.3.1 and before 6.2.5.5, when configured for multidrop mode, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) by sending messages without headers from upstream mail servers.
Affected products
No data.
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1
fetchmail-0:5.9.0-21.7.3.el2.1.4
Fixed · RHSA-2007:0018
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3
fetchmail-0:6.2.0-3.el3.3
Fixed · RHSA-2007:0018
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
fetchmail-0:6.2.5-6.el4.5
Fixed · RHSA-2007:0018
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1 | fetchmail-0:5.9.0-21.7.3.el2.1.4 | Fixed | RHSA-2007:0018 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 | fetchmail-0:6.2.0-3.el3.3 | Fixed | RHSA-2007:0018 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 | fetchmail-0:6.2.5-6.el4.5 | Fixed | RHSA-2007:0018 |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
Red Hat statement
The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this issue as having low security impact. An update is available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 to correct this issue: http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2007-0018.html This issue did not affect Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1 and 3.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
7.8 HIGH NVD
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact None
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact Complete
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
3.64% 0.03641
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.03641
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (15 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 3.64% (0.03641) | 89.21th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 3.64% (0.03641) | 88.09th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 9.99% (0.09993) | 92.31th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 8.47% (0.08474) | 87.01th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 19, 2025 | 9.99% (0.09993) | 92.06th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 12.53% (0.12530) | 93.39th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 17, 2024 | 10.36% (0.10361) | 94.97th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Nov 27, 2024 | 5.79% (0.05792) | 93.62th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Nov 10, 2023 | 7.92% (0.07924) | 93.56th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jul 2, 2023 | 7.68% (0.07684) | 93.22th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 26, 2023 | 9.29% (0.09289) | 93.68th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 7.68% (0.07684) | 93.10th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 4.36% (0.04358) | 88.02th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 4.36% (0.04358) | 86.83th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 4.36% (0.04358) | 70.59th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (1)
References (34)
- ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20070201-01-P.asc vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SGIBroken Link
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=343836 x_refsource_MISCIssue TrackingMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- http://fetchmail.berlios.de/fetchmail-SA-2005-03.txt x_refsource_CONFIRMBroken Link
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17891 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAThird Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/18172 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAThird Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/18231 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAThird Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/18266 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAThird Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/18433 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAThird Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/18463 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAThird Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/18895 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAThird Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21253 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAThird Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24007 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAThird Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24284 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAThird Party Advisory
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1015383 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2006&m=slackware-security.443499 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SLACKWAREThird Party Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-939 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANThird Party Advisory
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_4_sr.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEBroken Link
- http://www.osvdb.org/21906 vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBBroken Link
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0018.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATThird Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/420098/100/0/threaded mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/435197/100/0/threaded mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15987 vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19289 vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- http://www.trustix.org/errata/2006/0002/ vendor-advisoryx_refsource_TRUSTIXBroken Link
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/2996 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENPermissions RequiredThird Party Advisory
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3101 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENPermissions RequiredThird Party Advisory
- http://wwwnew.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:236 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAThird Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2005-4348 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1617856 Issue Tracking
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/23713 vdb-entryx_refsource_XFThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2005-4348
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9659 vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALThird Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/233-1/ vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2005-4348
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20070201-01-P.asc | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SGIBroken Link | |
| http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=343836 | x_refsource_MISCIssue TrackingMailing ListThird Party Advisory | |
| http://fetchmail.berlios.de/fetchmail-SA-2005-03.txt | x_refsource_CONFIRMBroken Link | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/17891 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAThird Party Advisory | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/18172 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAThird Party Advisory | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/18231 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAThird Party Advisory | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/18266 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAThird Party Advisory | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/18433 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAThird Party Advisory | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/18463 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAThird Party Advisory | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/18895 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAThird Party Advisory | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/21253 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAThird Party Advisory | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/24007 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAThird Party Advisory | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/24284 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAThird Party Advisory | |
| http://securitytracker.com/id?1015383 | vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry | |
| http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2006&m=slackware-security.443499 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SLACKWAREThird Party Advisory | |
| http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-939 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANThird Party Advisory | |
| http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_4_sr.html | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEBroken Link | |
| http://www.osvdb.org/21906 | vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBBroken Link | |
| http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0018.html | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATThird Party Advisory | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/420098/100/0/threaded | mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/435197/100/0/threaded | mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15987 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19289 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry | |
| http://www.trustix.org/errata/2006/0002/ | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_TRUSTIXBroken Link | |
| http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/2996 | vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENPermissions RequiredThird Party Advisory | |
| http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3101 | vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENPermissions RequiredThird Party Advisory | |
| http://wwwnew.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:236 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAThird Party Advisory | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2005-4348 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1617856 | Issue Tracking | |
| https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/23713 | vdb-entryx_refsource_XFThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2005-4348 | ||
| https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9659 | vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALThird Party Advisory | |
| https://usn.ubuntu.com/233-1/ | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU | |
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2005-4348 |
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Dec 21, 2005
Updated Aug 7, 2024
Reserved Dec 19, 2005
Link CVE-2005-4348
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a