CVE-2006-0321

MEDIUM 5.0CVE-2006-0321 · Published 24/01/2006 · updated 16/06/2026

In short

CVE-2006-0321 is a MEDIUM (CVSS 5.0) vulnerability affecting fetchmail (fetchmail).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 3.5%, higher than 89.2% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
fetchmail fetchmail	`= 6.3.0= 6.3.1`	No fix yet

Description

fetchmail 6.3.0 and other versions before 6.3.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via crafted e-mail messages that cause a free of an invalid pointer when fetchmail bounces the message to the originator or local postmaster.

References

bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi
developer.berlios.de/project/shownotes.php
fetchmail.berlios.de/fetchmail-SA-2006-01.txt · Patch
lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2006//Aug/msg00000.html
secunia.com/advisories/18571 · Vendor Advisory
secunia.com/advisories/18895 · Vendor Advisory
secunia.com/advisories/21253 · Vendor Advisory
securitytracker.com/id
slackware.com/security/viewer.php
osvdb.org/22691
securityfocus.com/archive/1/422936/100/0/threaded
securityfocus.com/bid/16365
securityfocus.com/bid/19289
us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-214A.html

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