DEBIAN-CVE-2006-5974

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Source
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2006-5974
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https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/DEBIAN-CVE-2006-5974
Upstream
Published
2006-12-31T05:00:00Z
Modified
2025-11-19T01:01:59.119687Z
Summary
[none]
Details

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.

References

Affected packages

Debian:11 / fetchmail

Package

Name
fetchmail
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/fetchmail?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
6.3.6-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "low"
}

Debian:12 / fetchmail

Package

Name
fetchmail
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/fetchmail?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
6.3.6-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "low"
}

Debian:13 / fetchmail

Package

Name
fetchmail
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/fetchmail?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
6.3.6-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "low"
}

Debian:14 / fetchmail

Package

Name
fetchmail
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/fetchmail?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
6.3.6-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "low"
}