Title : Slackware Security Update Fixes Fetchmail Vulnerability VUPEN ID : VUPEN/ADV-2005-1195 CVE ID : CVE-2005-2335 CWE ID : CWE-
Rated as : Moderate Risk
Remotely Exploitable : Yes Locally Exploitable : Yes Release Date : 2005-07-25
Technical Description
Slackware has released a security patch to correct a vulnerability identified in Fetchmail. This flaw is due to a stack overflow error when processing specially crafted UIDL responses from a POP3 server, which could be exploited by remote attackers to compromise a vulnerable system by convincing a user to connect to a malicious POP3 server. For additional information, see : VUPEN/ADV-2005-1171
