CVE-2005-2335

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    CVE-2005-2335

    Published: 27 Jul 2005Last Modified: 10 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

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

    Affected packages

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High