CVE-2010-1167

Impact:
Low
Public Date:
2010-04-18
CWE:
CWE-400
Bugzilla:
583819: CVE-2010-1167 fetchmail: denial of service in debug mode with multichar locales

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

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.

Find out more about CVE-2010-1167 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

CVSS v2 metrics

NOTE: The following CVSS v2 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

Base Score 2.6
Base Metrics AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity High
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact None
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact Partial

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Affected Packages State

Platform Package State
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 fetchmail Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 fetchmail Will not fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 fetchmail Will not fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 fetchmail Will not fix

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