CVE-2008-2711
EPSS 3.3%
Description
fetchmail 6.3.8 and earlier, when running in -v -v (aka verbose) mode, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash and persistent mail failure) via a malformed mail message with long headers, which triggers an erroneous dereference when using vsnprintf to format log messages.
How to fix CVE-2008-2711
To remediate CVE-2008-2711, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Debian/fetchmail—upgrade to 6.3.9~rc2-1 or later
Is CVE-2008-2711 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 3.3%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (1)
- from 0, < 6.3.9~rc2-1