CVE-2010-1167 — Improper Input Validation in Fetchmail

CWE-20 — Improper Input ValidationCWE-400 — Uncontrolled Resource Consumption6 documents6 sources
Severity
4.3MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
0.8%
top 26.27%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
2
FetchmailDebian Fetchmail
Timeline
PublishedMay 7
Latest updateMay 2

Description

fetchmail 4.6.3 through 6.3.16, when debug mode is enabled, does not properly handle invalid characters in a multi-character locale, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption and application crash) via a crafted (1) message header or (2) POP3 UIDL list.

CVSS vector

AV:N/AC:M/C:N/I:N/A:PExploitability: 8.6 | Impact: 2.9

Affected Packages3 packages

▶debiandebian/fetchmail< fetchmail 6.3.16-2 (bookworm)
▶Debianfetchmail/fetchmail< 6.3.16-2+2
▶NVDfetchmail/fetchmail6.3.9+98

Patches

Patch: www.fetchmail.info ↗Patch: www.fetchmail.info ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-q82h-7r9g-jmwv: fetchmail 4↗2022-05-02
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OSV
CVE-2010-1167: fetchmail 4↗2010-05-07
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📋Vendor Advisories

2
Red Hat
fetchmail: denial of service in debug mode with multichar locales↗2010-04-18
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Debian
CVE-2010-1167: fetchmail - fetchmail 4.6.3 through 6.3.16, when debug mode is enabled, does not properly ha...↗2010
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💬Community

1
Bugzilla
CVE-2010-1167 fetchmail: denial of service in debug mode with multichar locales↗2010-04-19
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