CVE-2006-0321 Memory corruption in n/a
Remote attackers can crash fetchmail by sending crafted emails that trigger an invalid pointer free during message bouncing.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2006-0321?
CVE-2006-0321 is a medium-severity memory corruption vulnerability in n/a, published on 24 Jan 2006. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
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.
Weakness: CWE-20
Which versions are affected by CVE-2006-0321?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Fetchmail Fetchmail.
How do I fix CVE-2006-0321?
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-2006-0321 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2006-0321 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2006-0321, GHSA-pcgw-76h3-f9p8.