>> Fetchmail Message Bouncing Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability
Title : Fetchmail Message Bouncing Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability VUPEN ID : VUPEN/ADV-2006-0300 CVE ID : CVE-2006-0321
Rated as : Low Risk
Remotely Exploitable : Yes Locally Exploitable : Yes Release Date : 2006-01-23
Technical Description
A vulnerability has been identified in Fetchmail, which could be exploited by remote attackers to cause a denial of service. This flaw is due to an error caused by the use of an invalid pointer when attempting to free memory after a message is bounced to the originator or to the postmaster, which may be exploited by attackers to crash a vulnerable application.
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