CVE-2011-1947

Impact:
Low
Public Date:
2011-05-30
Bugzilla:
709284: CVE-2011-1947 fetchmail: Application hang due unguarded blocking I/O in IMAP/POP3 STARTTLS initialization (fetchmail-SA-2011-01)

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

fetchmail 5.9.9 through 6.3.19 does not properly limit the wait time after issuing a (1) STARTTLS or (2) STLS request, which allows remote servers to cause a denial of service (application hang) by acknowledging the request but not sending additional packets.

Find out more about CVE-2011-1947 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

Statement

Red Hat Product Security has rated this issue as having Low security impact. This issue is not currently planned to be addressed in future updates. For additional information, refer to the Issue Severity Classification: https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/.

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 Will not fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 fetchmail Will not fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 fetchmail Will not fix

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