CVE-2001-1009

critical

Description

Fetchmail (aka fetchmail-ssl) before 5.8.17 allows a remote malicious (1) IMAP server or (2) POP/POP3 server to overwrite arbitrary memory and possibly gain privileges via a negative index number as part of a response to a LIST request.

References

http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2001-103.html

http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2001_026_fetchmail_txt.html

http://www.linuxsecurity.com/advisories/other_advisory-1555.html

http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/security/2001/MDKSA-2001-072.php3

http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/6965.php

http://www.debian.org/security/2001/dsa-071

http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000419

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2001-08-31

Updated: 2024-11-20

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 10

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: Critical

CVSS v3

Base Score: 9.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H