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TI-2006-00311 Aliases CVE-2006-0321GHSA-pcgw-76h3-f9p8

fetchmail 6.3.0 and other versions before 6.3.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial…

Priority LOW 29CWE-20Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
— Not recorded in CVSS 2.0
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
—
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
None · None · Partial
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA.

Summary

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.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.035 89th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 2

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:6.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*6.3.0Vulnerablefetchmail
cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:6.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*6.3.1Vulnerablefetchmail
  • cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:6.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 6.3.0 Vulnerable ·fetchmail
  • cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:6.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 6.3.1 Vulnerable ·fetchmail

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2006-0321
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-pcgw-76h3-f9p8

References

Patch 1

Advisory 3

Other 5

  • TI-2001-00964 Fetchmail (aka fetchmail-ssl) before 5.8.17 allows a remote malicious (1) IMAP server or… CVSS 2.0HIGH 10.0
  • TI-2001-00101 Vulnerability in fetchmail 5.5.0-2 and earlier in the AUTHENTICATE GSSAPI command. CVSS 2.0HIGH 10.0
  • TI-2001-00782 A buffer overflow in Linux fetchmail before 5.8.6 allows remote attackers to execute… CVSS 2.0HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2006-05756 fetchmail 6.3.5 and 6.3.6 before 6.3.6-rc4, when refusing a message delivered via the mda… CVSS 2.0HIGH 7.8
  • TI-2006-05650 fetchmail before 6.3.6-rc4 does not properly enforce TLS and may transmit cleartext… CVSS 2.0HIGH 7.8
  • TI-2002-01289 Heap-based buffer overflow in Fetchmail 6.1.3 and earlier does not account for the "@"… CVSS 2.0HIGH 7.5
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Sources

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