| Name | CVE-2007-4565 |
| Description | sink.c in fetchmail before 6.3.9 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL dereference and application crash) by refusing certain warning messages that are sent over SMTP. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| References | DSA-1377-2 |
| Debian Bugs | 440006 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| fetchmail (PTS) | buster | 6.4.0~beta4-3+deb10u1 | fixed |
| bullseye | 6.4.16-4+deb11u1 | fixed |
| bookworm | 6.4.37-1 | fixed |
| sid, trixie | 6.4.38-1 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
Notes
[etch] - fetchmail <no-dsa> (Hardly a security problem)
[sarge] - fetchmail <not-affected> (problem not present in source)