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Debian DSA-1377-2 : fetchmail - NULL pointer dereference

medium Nessus Plugin ID 26080

Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.

Description

Matthias Andree discovered that fetchmail, an SSL enabled POP3, APOP and IMAP mail gatherer/forwarder, can under certain circumstances attempt to dereference a NULL pointer and crash.

Solution

Upgrade the fetchmail package.

For the old stable distribution (sarge), this problem was not present.

For the stable distribution (etch), this problem has been fixed in version 6.3.6-1etch1.

See Also

https://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1377

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 26080

File Name: debian_DSA-1377.nasl

Version: 1.17

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/24/2007

Updated: 1/4/2021

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:fetchmail, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:4.0

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/21/2007

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2007-4565

BID: 25495

DSA: 1377