CVE-2005-2335 Memory corruption in n/a

Medium 5.0 Published 27 Jul 2005 Updated 7 Aug 2024

Remote attackers can trigger a buffer overflow in Fetchmail via malicious POP3 server responses, potentially executing arbitrary code or causing denial of service.

Exploited in the wild: Not known
Login needed: Not needed
Attackable: Over the internet
Victim action needed: Not needed
Fix: Available

What is CVE-2005-2335?

CVE-2005-2335 is a medium-severity memory corruption vulnerability in n/a, published on 27 Jul 2005. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official 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.

Weakness: CWE-119

Which versions are affected by CVE-2005-2335?

It affects 1 product.

Linux distribution packages (16)

`fetchmail` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::as	All versions	`0:6.2.0-3.el3.2`
`fetchmail-debuginfo` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::as	All versions	`0:6.2.0-3.el3.2`
`fetchmail` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::desktop	All versions	`0:6.2.0-3.el3.2`
`fetchmail-debuginfo` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::desktop	All versions	`0:6.2.0-3.el3.2`
`fetchmail` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::es	All versions	`0:6.2.0-3.el3.2`
`fetchmail-debuginfo` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::es	All versions	`0:6.2.0-3.el3.2`
`fetchmail` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::ws	All versions	`0:6.2.0-3.el3.2`
`fetchmail-debuginfo` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::ws	All versions	`0:6.2.0-3.el3.2`
`fetchmail` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as	All versions	`0:6.2.5-6.el4.2`
`fetchmail-debuginfo` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as	All versions	`0:6.2.5-6.el4.2`
`fetchmail` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop	All versions	`0:6.2.5-6.el4.2`
`fetchmail-debuginfo` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop	All versions	`0:6.2.5-6.el4.2`
`fetchmail` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es	All versions	`0:6.2.5-6.el4.2`
`fetchmail-debuginfo` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es	All versions	`0:6.2.5-6.el4.2`
`fetchmail` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::ws	All versions	`0:6.2.5-6.el4.2`
`fetchmail-debuginfo` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::ws	All versions	`0:6.2.5-6.el4.2`

Products include Fetchmail Fetchmail.

How do I fix CVE-2005-2335?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.

Is CVE-2005-2335 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2005-2335 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2005-2335, DSA-774-1, GHSA-64xp-j337-hw4c, RHSA-2005:640.