CVE-2006-5974

N/A Unknown
Published: December 31, 2006 Modified: April 23, 2026
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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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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://fedoranews.org/cms/node/2429
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://fetchmail.berlios.de/fetchmail-SA-2006-03.txt
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://osvdb.org/31836
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://secunia.com/advisories/23631
Source: cve@mitre.org
Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/23804
Source: cve@mitre.org
Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/23838
Source: cve@mitre.org
Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/23923
Source: cve@mitre.org
Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/24151
Source: cve@mitre.org
Vendor Advisory
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200701-13.xml
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://securitytracker.com/id?1017479
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2007&m=slackware-security.517995
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_4_sr.html
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.openpkg.com/security/advisories/OpenPKG-SA-2007.004.html
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/456114/100/0/threaded
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21902
Source: cve@mitre.org
Patch
http://www.trustix.org/errata/2007/0007
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0087
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0088
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://fedoranews.org/cms/node/2429
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://fetchmail.berlios.de/fetchmail-SA-2006-03.txt
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://osvdb.org/31836
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://secunia.com/advisories/23631
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/23804
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/23838
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/23923
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/24151
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200701-13.xml
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://securitytracker.com/id?1017479
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2007&m=slackware-security.517995
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_4_sr.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.openpkg.com/security/advisories/OpenPKG-SA-2007.004.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/456114/100/0/threaded
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21902
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Patch
http://www.trustix.org/errata/2007/0007
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0087
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0088
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

36 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
N/A / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
13.8%
94th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-20

Affected Vendors

fetchmail

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