CVE-2008-2711

Published: Jun 16, 2008Modified: Apr 23, 2026

4.3

Vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Exploitability: 8.6 / Impact: 2.9

Source: NVD

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 (114)

Products: Fetchmail: Fetchmail

Fetchmail

1 product

Fetchmail

Configuration A

114 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Fetchmail Fetchmail	Up to 6.3.8
Fetchmail Fetchmail	Version 4.5.1
Fetchmail Fetchmail	Version 4.5.2
Fetchmail Fetchmail	Version 4.5.3
Fetchmail Fetchmail	Version 4.5.4
Fetchmail Fetchmail	Version 4.5.5
Fetchmail Fetchmail	Version 4.5.6
Fetchmail Fetchmail	Version 4.5.7
Fetchmail Fetchmail	Version 4.5.8
Fetchmail Fetchmail	Version 4.6.0
Fetchmail Fetchmail	Version 4.6.1
Fetchmail Fetchmail	Version 4.6.2
Fetchmail Fetchmail	Version 4.6.3
Fetchmail Fetchmail	Version 4.6.4
Fetchmail Fetchmail	Version 4.6.5
Fetchmail Fetchmail	Version 4.6.6
Fetchmail Fetchmail	Version 4.6.7
Fetchmail Fetchmail	Version 4.6.8
Fetchmail Fetchmail	Version 4.6.9
Fetchmail Fetchmail	Version 4.7.0
Fetchmail Fetchmail	Version 4.7.1
Fetchmail Fetchmail	Version 4.7.2
Fetchmail Fetchmail	Version 4.7.3
Fetchmail Fetchmail	Version 4.7.4
Fetchmail Fetchmail	Version 4.7.5
Fetchmail Fetchmail	Version 4.7.6
Fetchmail Fetchmail	Version 4.7.7
Fetchmail Fetchmail	Version 5.0.0
Fetchmail Fetchmail	Version 5.0.1
Fetchmail Fetchmail	Version 5.0.2
Fetchmail Fetchmail	Version 5.0.3
Fetchmail Fetchmail	Version 5.0.4
Fetchmail Fetchmail	Version 5.0.5
Fetchmail Fetchmail	Version 5.0.6
Fetchmail Fetchmail	Version 5.0.7
Fetchmail Fetchmail	Version 5.0.8
Fetchmail Fetchmail	Version 5.1.0
Fetchmail Fetchmail	Version 5.1.4
Fetchmail Fetchmail	Version 5.2.0
Fetchmail Fetchmail	Version 5.2.1
Fetchmail Fetchmail	Version 5.2.3
Fetchmail Fetchmail	Version 5.2.4
Fetchmail Fetchmail	Version 5.2.7
Fetchmail Fetchmail	Version 5.2.8
Fetchmail Fetchmail	Version 5.3.0
Fetchmail Fetchmail	Version 5.3.1
Fetchmail Fetchmail	Version 5.3.3
Fetchmail Fetchmail	Version 5.3.8
Fetchmail Fetchmail	Version 5.4.0
Fetchmail Fetchmail	Version 5.4.3
Fetchmail Fetchmail	Version 5.4.4
Fetchmail Fetchmail	Version 5.4.5
Fetchmail Fetchmail	Version 5.5.0
Fetchmail Fetchmail	Version 5.5.2
Fetchmail Fetchmail	Version 5.5.3
Fetchmail Fetchmail	Version 5.5.5
Fetchmail Fetchmail	Version 5.5.6
Fetchmail Fetchmail	Version 5.6.0
Fetchmail Fetchmail	Version 5.7.0
Fetchmail Fetchmail	Version 5.7.2
Fetchmail Fetchmail	Version 5.7.4
Fetchmail Fetchmail	Version 5.8.11
Fetchmail Fetchmail	Version 5.8.13
Fetchmail Fetchmail	Version 5.8.14
Fetchmail Fetchmail	Version 5.8.17
Fetchmail Fetchmail	Version 5.8.1
Fetchmail Fetchmail	Version 5.8.2
Fetchmail Fetchmail	Version 5.8.3
Fetchmail Fetchmail	Version 5.8.4
Fetchmail Fetchmail	Version 5.8.5
Fetchmail Fetchmail	Version 5.8.6
Fetchmail Fetchmail	Version 5.8
Fetchmail Fetchmail	Version 5.9.0
Fetchmail Fetchmail	Version 5.9.10
Fetchmail Fetchmail	Version 5.9.11
Fetchmail Fetchmail	Version 5.9.13
Fetchmail Fetchmail	Version 5.9.4
Fetchmail Fetchmail	Version 5.9.5
Fetchmail Fetchmail	Version 5.9.8
Fetchmail Fetchmail	Version 6.0.0
Fetchmail Fetchmail	Version 6.1.0
Fetchmail Fetchmail	Version 6.1.3
Fetchmail Fetchmail	Version 6.2.0
Fetchmail Fetchmail	Version 6.2.1
Fetchmail Fetchmail	Version 6.2.2
Fetchmail Fetchmail	Version 6.2.3
Fetchmail Fetchmail	Version 6.2.4
Fetchmail Fetchmail	Version 6.2.5.1
Fetchmail Fetchmail	Version 6.2.5.2
Fetchmail Fetchmail	Version 6.2.5.4
Fetchmail Fetchmail	Version 6.2.5
Fetchmail Fetchmail	Version 6.2.6 pre4
Fetchmail Fetchmail	Version 6.2.6 pre8
Fetchmail Fetchmail	Version 6.2.6 pre9
Fetchmail Fetchmail	Version 6.2.9 rc10
Fetchmail Fetchmail	Version 6.2.9 rc3
Fetchmail Fetchmail	Version 6.2.9 rc4
Fetchmail Fetchmail	Version 6.2.9 rc5
Fetchmail Fetchmail	Version 6.2.9 rc7
Fetchmail Fetchmail	Version 6.2.9 rc8
Fetchmail Fetchmail	Version 6.2.9 rc9
Fetchmail Fetchmail	Version 6.3.0
Fetchmail Fetchmail	Version 6.3.1
Fetchmail Fetchmail	Version 6.3.2
Fetchmail Fetchmail	Version 6.3.3
Fetchmail Fetchmail	Version 6.3.4
Fetchmail Fetchmail	Version 6.3.5
Fetchmail Fetchmail	Version 6.3.6
Fetchmail Fetchmail	Version 6.3.6 rc1
Fetchmail Fetchmail	Version 6.3.6 rc2
Fetchmail Fetchmail	Version 6.3.6 rc3
Fetchmail Fetchmail	Version 6.3.6 rc4
Fetchmail Fetchmail	Version 6.3.6 rc5
Fetchmail Fetchmail	Version 6.3.7