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CVE-2005-2335 Details

Description

Buffer overflow in the POP3 client in Fetchmail before 6.2.5.2 allows remote POP3 servers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via long UIDL responses. NOTE: a typo in an advisory accidentally used the wrong CVE identifier for the Fetchmail issue. This is the correct identifier.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

No CVSS 3.x data is available for this CVE.

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL	Source(s)	Tag(s)
http://developer.berlios.de/project/shownotes.php?release_id=6617	CVE	Patch
http://fetchmail.berlios.de/fetchmail-SA-2005-01.txt	CVE	PatchVendor Advisory
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2006//Aug/msg00000.html	CVE
http://secunia.com/advisories/16176	CVE	Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/21253	CVE	Vendor Advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1038	CVE
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1124	CVE
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A8833	CVE
http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-774	CVE
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_18_sr.html	CVE
http://www.osvdb.org/18174	CVE
http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-announce-list/2005-July/msg00088.html	CVE
http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-announce-list/2005-July/msg00089.html	CVE	Patch
http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-announce-list/2005-July/msg00104.html	CVE
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-640.html	CVE
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/435197/100/0/threaded	CVE
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/441856/100/200/threaded	CVE
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14349	CVE	Patch
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19289	CVE
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-214A.html	CVE	US Government Resource
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/1171	CVE
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3101	CVE
http://developer.berlios.de/project/shownotes.php?release_id=6617	[email protected]	Patch
http://fetchmail.berlios.de/fetchmail-SA-2005-01.txt	[email protected]	PatchVendor Advisory
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2006//Aug/msg00000.html	[email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/16176	[email protected]	Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/21253	[email protected]	Vendor Advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1038	[email protected]
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1124	[email protected]
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A8833	[email protected]
http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-774	[email protected]
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_18_sr.html	[email protected]
http://www.osvdb.org/18174	[email protected]
http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-announce-list/2005-July/msg00088.html	[email protected]
http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-announce-list/2005-July/msg00089.html	[email protected]	Patch
http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-announce-list/2005-July/msg00104.html	[email protected]
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-640.html	[email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/435197/100/0/threaded	[email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/441856/100/200/threaded	[email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14349	[email protected]	Patch
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19289	[email protected]
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-214A.html	[email protected]	US Government Resource
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/1171	[email protected]
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3101	[email protected]

see all 44 references

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
CWE-119	Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer	[email protected]

Affected Products

Product	Versions
fetchmail fetchmail	<= 6.2.5.1 4.5.1 4.5.2 4.5.3 4.5.4
CPE cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:::::::: cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:4.5.1:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:4.5.2:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:4.5.3:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:4.5.4:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:4.5.5:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:4.5.6:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:4.5.7:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:4.5.8:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:4.6.0:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:4.6.1:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:4.6.2:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:4.6.3:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:4.6.4:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:4.6.5:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:4.6.6:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:4.6.7:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:4.6.8:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:4.6.9:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:4.7.0:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:4.7.1:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:4.7.2:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:4.7.3:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:4.7.4:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:4.7.5:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:4.7.6:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:4.7.7:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:5.0.0:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:5.0.1:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:5.0.2:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:5.0.3:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:5.0.4:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:5.0.5:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:5.0.6:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:5.0.7:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:5.0.8:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:5.1.0:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:5.1.4:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:5.2.0:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:5.2.1:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:5.2.3:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:5.2.4:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:5.2.7:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:5.2.8:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:5.3.0:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:5.3.1:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:5.3.3:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:5.3.8:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:5.4.0:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:5.4.3:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:5.4.4:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:5.4.5:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:5.5.0:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:5.5.2:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:5.5.3:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:5.5.5:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:5.5.6:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:5.6.0:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:5.7.0:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:5.7.2:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:5.7.4:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:5.8:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:5.8.1:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:5.8.2:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:5.8.3:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:5.8.4:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:5.8.5:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:5.8.6:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:5.8.11:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:5.8.13:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:5.8.14:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:5.8.17:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:5.9.0:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:5.9.4:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:5.9.5:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:5.9.8:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:5.9.10:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:5.9.11:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:5.9.13:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:6.0.0:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:6.1.0:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:6.1.3:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:6.2.0:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:6.2.1:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:6.2.2:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:6.2.3:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:6.2.4:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:6.2.5:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:6.3.4:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.

Product

Versions

fetchmail fetchmail

<= 6.2.5.1

4.5.1

4.5.2

4.5.3

4.5.4

CPE

cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:4.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:4.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:4.5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:4.5.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:4.5.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:4.5.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:4.5.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:4.5.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:4.6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:4.6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:4.6.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:4.6.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:4.6.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:4.6.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:4.6.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:4.6.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:4.6.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:4.6.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:4.7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:4.7.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:4.7.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:4.7.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:4.7.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:4.7.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:4.7.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:4.7.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:5.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:5.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:5.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:5.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:5.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:5.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:5.0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:5.0.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:5.0.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:5.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:5.1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:5.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:5.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:5.2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:5.2.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:5.2.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:5.2.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:5.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:5.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:5.3.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:5.3.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:5.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:5.4.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:5.4.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:5.4.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:5.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:5.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:5.5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:5.5.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:5.5.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:5.6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:5.7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:5.7.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:5.7.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:5.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:5.8.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:5.8.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:5.8.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:5.8.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:5.8.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:5.8.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:5.8.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:5.8.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:5.8.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:5.8.17:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:5.9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:5.9.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:5.9.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:5.9.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:5.9.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:5.9.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:5.9.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:6.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:6.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:6.1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:6.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:6.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:6.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:6.2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:6.2.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:6.2.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:6.3.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

No remediation found in references.

Change History

7 change records found show changes

Date	Action	Recorded By
Jun 16, 2026	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Apr 16, 2026		[email protected]
Nov 20, 2024	CVE Modified	CVE
May 14, 2024	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Oct 19, 2018	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Oct 11, 2017	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Jul 27, 2005	Initial Analysis	[email protected]