Test ID:	1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.61220
Category:	FreeBSD Local Security Checks
Title:	FreeBSD Ports: fetchmail
Summary:	The remote host is missing an update to the system; as announced in the referenced advisory.
Description:	Summary: The remote host is missing an update to the system as announced in the referenced advisory. Vulnerability Insight: The following package is affected: fetchmail CVE-2008-2711 fetchmail 6.3.8 and earlier, when running in -v -v mode, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash and persistent mail failure) via a malformed mail message with long headers, which is not properly handled when using vsnprintf to format log messages. Solution: Update your system with the appropriate patches or software upgrades. CVSS Score: 4.3 CVSS Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Cross-Ref:	Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2008-2711 http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Feb/msg00000.html BugTraq ID: 29705 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29705 Bugtraq: 20080617 fetchmail security announcement fetchmail-SA-2008-01 (CVE-2008-2711) (Google Search) http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/493391/100/0/threaded Bugtraq: 20080729 rPSA-2008-0235-1 fetchmail fetchmailconf (Google Search) http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/494865/100/0/threaded https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-June/msg01091.html https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-June/msg01095.html http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:117 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=354291 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/06/13/1 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/08/09/1 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10950 http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020298 http://secunia.com/advisories/30742 http://secunia.com/advisories/30895 http://secunia.com/advisories/31262 http://secunia.com/advisories/31287 http://secunia.com/advisories/33937 http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2008&m=slackware-security.495740 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1860/references http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0422 XForce ISS Database: fetchmail-logmessage-dos(43121) https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43121
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