CVE-2008-2711

Name	CVE-2008-2711
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.
Source	CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)

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.

Package	Type	Release	Fixed Version	Urgency	Origin	Debian Bugs
fetchmail	source	etch	6.3.6-1etch3
fetchmail	source	(unstable)	6.3.9~rc2-1	unimportant

Notes

https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/06/13/1
-vv is only used for debugging purposes so this does not
prevent a victim from getting mails. -vv is not used in non-interactive
use.