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CVE-2001-1009

Fetchmail (aka fetchmail-ssl) before 5.8.17 allows a remote malicious (1) IMAP server or (2) POP/POP3 server to overwrite arbitrary memory and possibly gain privileges via a negative index number as part of a response to a LIST request.

Published

2001-08-31T04:00:00.000

Last Modified

2025-04-03T01:03:51.193

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 10.0 (HIGH)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Access Vector: NETWORK
Access Complexity: LOW
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: COMPLETE
Integrity Impact: COMPLETE
Availability Impact: COMPLETE

Exploitability Score

10.0

Impact Score

10.0

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-264

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	fetchmail	fetchmail	≤ 5.8.14	Yes
Application	fetchmail	fetchmail	4.5.1	Yes
Application	fetchmail	fetchmail	4.5.2	Yes
Application	fetchmail	fetchmail	4.5.3	Yes
Application	fetchmail	fetchmail	4.5.4	Yes
Application	fetchmail	fetchmail	4.5.5	Yes
Application	fetchmail	fetchmail	4.5.6	Yes
Application	fetchmail	fetchmail	4.5.7	Yes
Application	fetchmail	fetchmail	4.5.8	Yes
Application	fetchmail	fetchmail	4.6.0	Yes
Application	fetchmail	fetchmail	4.6.1	Yes
Application	fetchmail	fetchmail	4.6.2	Yes
Application	fetchmail	fetchmail	4.6.3	Yes
Application	fetchmail	fetchmail	4.6.4	Yes
Application	fetchmail	fetchmail	4.6.5	Yes
Application	fetchmail	fetchmail	4.6.6	Yes
Application	fetchmail	fetchmail	4.6.7	Yes
Application	fetchmail	fetchmail	4.6.8	Yes
Application	fetchmail	fetchmail	4.6.9	Yes
Application	fetchmail	fetchmail	4.7.0	Yes
Application	fetchmail	fetchmail	4.7.1	Yes
Application	fetchmail	fetchmail	4.7.2	Yes
Application	fetchmail	fetchmail	4.7.3	Yes
Application	fetchmail	fetchmail	4.7.4	Yes
Application	fetchmail	fetchmail	4.7.5	Yes
Application	fetchmail	fetchmail	4.7.6	Yes
Application	fetchmail	fetchmail	4.7.7	Yes
Application	fetchmail	fetchmail	5.0.0	Yes
Application	fetchmail	fetchmail	5.0.1	Yes
Application	fetchmail	fetchmail	5.0.2	Yes
Application	fetchmail	fetchmail	5.0.3	Yes
Application	fetchmail	fetchmail	5.0.4	Yes
Application	fetchmail	fetchmail	5.0.5	Yes
Application	fetchmail	fetchmail	5.0.6	Yes
Application	fetchmail	fetchmail	5.0.7	Yes
Application	fetchmail	fetchmail	5.0.8	Yes
Application	fetchmail	fetchmail	5.1.0	Yes
Application	fetchmail	fetchmail	5.1.4	Yes
Application	fetchmail	fetchmail	5.2.0	Yes
Application	fetchmail	fetchmail	5.2.1	Yes
Application	fetchmail	fetchmail	5.2.3	Yes
Application	fetchmail	fetchmail	5.2.4	Yes
Application	fetchmail	fetchmail	5.2.7	Yes
Application	fetchmail	fetchmail	5.2.8	Yes
Application	fetchmail	fetchmail	5.3.0	Yes
Application	fetchmail	fetchmail	5.3.1	Yes
Application	fetchmail	fetchmail	5.3.3	Yes
Application	fetchmail	fetchmail	5.3.8	Yes
Application	fetchmail	fetchmail	5.4.0	Yes
Application	fetchmail	fetchmail	5.4.3	Yes
Application	fetchmail	fetchmail	5.4.4	Yes
Application	fetchmail	fetchmail	5.4.5	Yes
Application	fetchmail	fetchmail	5.5.0	Yes
Application	fetchmail	fetchmail	5.5.2	Yes
Application	fetchmail	fetchmail	5.5.3	Yes
Application	fetchmail	fetchmail	5.5.5	Yes
Application	fetchmail	fetchmail	5.5.6	Yes
Application	fetchmail	fetchmail	5.6.0	Yes
Application	fetchmail	fetchmail	5.7.0	Yes
Application	fetchmail	fetchmail	5.7.2	Yes
Application	fetchmail	fetchmail	5.7.4	Yes
Application	fetchmail	fetchmail	5.8	Yes
Application	fetchmail	fetchmail	5.8.1	Yes
Application	fetchmail	fetchmail	5.8.2	Yes
Application	fetchmail	fetchmail	5.8.3	Yes
Application	fetchmail	fetchmail	5.8.4	Yes
Application	fetchmail	fetchmail	5.8.5	Yes
Application	fetchmail	fetchmail	5.8.6	Yes
Application	fetchmail	fetchmail	5.8.11	Yes
Application	fetchmail	fetchmail	5.8.13	Yes
Application	fetchmail	fetchmail	5.9.0	Yes

References

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2001-08/0118.html Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000419 ([email protected])
http://www.debian.org/security/2001/dsa-071 ([email protected])
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/6965.php ([email protected])
http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/security/2001/MDKSA-2001-072.php3 ([email protected])
http://www.linuxsecurity.com/advisories/other_advisory-1555.html Patch, Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2001_026_fetchmail_txt.html ([email protected])
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2001-103.html Patch, Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3164 Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3166 Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2001-08/0118.html Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000419 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.debian.org/security/2001/dsa-071 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/6965.php (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/security/2001/MDKSA-2001-072.php3 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.linuxsecurity.com/advisories/other_advisory-1555.html Patch, Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2001_026_fetchmail_txt.html (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2001-103.html Patch, Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3164 Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3166 Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)