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CVE-2005-2335 Detail

Description

Buffer overflow in the POP3 client in Fetchmail before 6.2.5.2 allows remote POP3 servers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via long UIDL responses. NOTE: a typo in an advisory accidentally used the wrong CVE identifier for the Fetchmail issue. This is the correct identifier.


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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
http://developer.berlios.de/project/shownotes.php?release_id=6617 CVE, MITRE Patch 
http://fetchmail.berlios.de/fetchmail-SA-2005-01.txt CVE, MITRE Patch  Vendor Advisory 
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2006//Aug/msg00000.html CVE, MITRE
http://secunia.com/advisories/16176 CVE, MITRE Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/21253 CVE, MITRE Vendor Advisory 
http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-774 CVE, MITRE
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_18_sr.html CVE, MITRE
http://www.osvdb.org/18174 CVE, MITRE
http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-announce-list/2005-July/msg00088.html CVE, MITRE
http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-announce-list/2005-July/msg00089.html CVE, MITRE Patch 
http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-announce-list/2005-July/msg00104.html CVE, MITRE
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-640.html CVE, MITRE
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/435197/100/0/threaded CVE, MITRE
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/441856/100/200/threaded CVE, MITRE
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14349 CVE, MITRE Patch 
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19289 CVE, MITRE
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-214A.html CVE, MITRE US Government Resource 
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/1171 CVE, MITRE
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3101 CVE, MITRE
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1038 CVE, MITRE
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1124 CVE, MITRE
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A8833 CVE, MITRE

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2005-2335
NVD Published Date:
07/27/2005
NVD Last Modified:
04/02/2025
Source:
MITRE