>> Ubuntu Security Update Fixes Fetchmail Denial of Service Vulnerability
Title : Ubuntu Security Update Fixes Fetchmail Denial of Service Vulnerability VUPEN ID : VUPEN/ADV-2006-0014 CVE ID : CVE-2005-4348
Rated as : Low Risk
Remotely Exploitable : Yes Locally Exploitable : Yes Release Date : 2006-01-03
Technical Description
Ubuntu has released updated packages to address a vulnerability identified in Fetchmail. This flaw is due to a null pointer dereference error when processing messages without headers, which could be exploited by attackers to crash a vulnerable application (configured for multidrop mode) via a malicious upstream mail server. For additional information, see : VUPEN/ADV-2005-2996
Upgrade the affected package to version 6.2.5-8ubuntu2.3 (for Ubuntu 4.10), 6.2.5-12ubuntu1.3 (for Ubuntu 5.04), or 6.2.5-13ubuntu3.2 (for Ubuntu 5.10). References
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