Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Dec 31, 2006· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2006-5974
CVE-2006-5974
Description
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.
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Affected products
6cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:6.3.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 4 more
- cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:6.3.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:6.3.6:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:6.3.6:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:6.3.6:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*
- (no CPE)range: >=6.3.5, <6.3.6-rc4
Patches
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References
18- www.securityfocus.com/bid/21902nvdPatch
- secunia.com/advisories/23631nvdVendor Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/23804nvdVendor Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/23838nvdVendor Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/23923nvdVendor Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/24151nvdVendor Advisory
- fedoranews.org/cms/node/2429nvd
- fetchmail.berlios.de/fetchmail-SA-2006-03.txtnvd
- osvdb.org/31836nvd
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200701-13.xmlnvd
- securitytracker.com/idnvd
- slackware.com/security/viewer.phpnvd
- www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_4_sr.htmlnvd
- www.openpkg.com/security/advisories/OpenPKG-SA-2007.004.htmlnvd
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/456114/100/0/threadednvd
- www.trustix.org/errata/2007/0007nvd
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0087nvd
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0088nvd
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