DEBIAN-CVE-2006-5974

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    DEBIAN-CVE-2006-5974

    Published: 31 Dec 2006Last Modified: 7 Sept 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2006-5974

    Summary:

    Details: fetchmail 6.3.5 and 6.3.6 before 6.3.6-rc4, when refusing a message delivered via the mda option, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via unknown vectors that trigger a NULL pointer dereference when calling the (1) ferror or (2) fflush functions.

    References: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2006-5974

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: fetchmail

    Purl: pkg:deb/debian/fetchmail?arch=source&distro=bookworm

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -6.3.6-1

    Affected versions

    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