MEDIUM
fetchmail: Crash in large log messages in verbose mode
Published Jun 16, 2008
4.3
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 3.00%
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 headers, which triggers an erroneous dereference when using vsnprintf to format log messages.
Affected products
No data.
OR
- ≤ 6.3.8
- 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
- 6.2.4
- 6.2.5
- 6.2.5.1
- 6.2.5.2
- 6.2.5.4
- 6.2.6
- 6.2.6
- 6.2.6
- 6.2.9
- 6.2.9
- 6.2.9
- 6.2.9
- 6.2.9
- 6.2.9
- 6.2.9
- 6.3.0
- 6.3.1
- 6.3.2
- 6.3.3
- 6.3.4
- 6.3.5
- 6.3.6
- 6.3.6
- 6.3.6
- 6.3.6
- 6.3.6
- 6.3.6
- 6.3.7
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3
fetchmail-0:6.2.0-3.el3.5
Fixed · RHSA-2009:1427
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
fetchmail-0:6.2.5-6.0.1.el4_8.1
Fixed · RHSA-2009:1427
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
fetchmail-0:6.3.6-1.1.el5_3.1
Fixed · RHSA-2009:1427
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 | fetchmail-0:6.2.0-3.el3.5 | Fixed | RHSA-2009:1427 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 | fetchmail-0:6.2.5-6.0.1.el4_8.1 | Fixed | RHSA-2009:1427 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | fetchmail-0:6.3.6-1.1.el5_3.1 | Fixed | RHSA-2009:1427 |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
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.
4.3 MEDIUM NVD
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Medium
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact None
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact Partial
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
3.00% 0.03003
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.03003
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 (13 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 3.00% (0.03003) | 86.91th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 3.00% (0.03003) | 85.59th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 3.32% (0.03316) | 86.11th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 6.44% (0.06441) | 84.67th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 3.32% (0.03316) | 86.41th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 17, 2024 | 7.41% (0.07413) | 94.06th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Nov 18, 2024 | 13.46% (0.13456) | 95.76th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jun 22, 2024 | 11.30% (0.11298) | 95.23th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Oct 14, 2023 | 10.55% (0.10547) | 94.37th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 9.86% (0.09856) | 93.86th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 3.93% (0.03932) | 85.88th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 3.93% (0.03932) | 84.43th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 3.93% (0.03932) | 67.70th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (1)
References (29)
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Feb/msg00000.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLE
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30742 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30895 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31262 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31287 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33937 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2008&m=slackware-security.495740 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SLACKWARE
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3438 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0235 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://www.fetchmail.info/fetchmail-SA-2008-01.txt x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:117 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/06/13/1 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/08/09/1 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/493391/100/0/threaded mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/494865/100/0/threaded mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29705 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020298 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1860/references vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0422 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2008-2711 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=354291 x_refsource_MISC
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=451758 Issue Tracking
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43121 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
- https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2623 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-2711
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10950 vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-2711
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-June/msg01091.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-June/msg01095.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Jun 16, 2008
Updated Aug 7, 2024
Reserved Jun 16, 2008
Link CVE-2008-2711
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a