Vulnerability Details : CVE-2006-5974

fetchmail 6.3.5 and 6.3.6 before 6.3.6-rc4, when refusing a message delivered via the mda option, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via unknown vectors that trigger a NULL pointer dereference when calling the (1) ferror or (2) fflush functions.
Published 2006-12-31 05:00:00
Updated 2018-10-17 21:46:11
Source MITRE
View at NVD,   CVE.org
Vulnerability category: Memory CorruptionInput validationDenial of service

Products affected by CVE-2006-5974

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2006-5974

EPSS FAQ
11.03%
Probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days EPSS Score History
~ 95 %
Percentile, the proportion of vulnerabilities that are scored at or less

CVSS scores for CVE-2006-5974

Base Score Base Severity CVSS Vector Exploitability Score Impact Score Score Source First Seen
7.8
 HIGH AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
10.0
6.9
 NIST

CWE ids for CVE-2006-5974

  • The product receives input or data, but it does not validate or incorrectly validates that the input has the properties that are required to process the data safely and correctly.
    Assigned by: nvd@nist.gov (Primary)

Vendor statements for CVE-2006-5974

  • Red Hat 2007-01-11
    Not vulnerable. This issue does not affect the versions of fetchmail distributed with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1, 3, or 4.

References for CVE-2006-5974

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