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CVE Reference: CVE-2008-2711
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Original Page at CVE MITRE:
CVE-2008-2711

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.

CVE Status:
Candidate

References:

XF
  http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/43121

ST
  1020298

SLACKWARE
  http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2008&m=slackware-security.495740

SAID
  Secunia Advisory: SA33937
  Secunia Advisory: SA30895
  Secunia Advisory: SA31287
  Secunia Advisory: SA31262
  Secunia Advisory: SA30742

OVAL
  http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10950

MLIST
  http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/06/13/1

MISC

MANDRIVA
  http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:117

FEDORA

CONFIRM
  http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3438
  http://www.fetchmail.info/fetchmail-SA-2008-01.txt
  http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0235

BUGTRAQ
  http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/494865/100/0/threaded
  http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/493391/100/0/threaded

BID
  29705

APPLE
  http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Feb/msg00000.html


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