CVE-2005-4348: fetchmail Resource Management Errors
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Vulnerability summary
CVE-2005-4348 is a high (CVSS 7.8) Resource Management Errors vulnerability in fetchmail. EPSS estimates a 3.64% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 89.5% of scored vulnerabilities.
Not severe (CVSS 7.8, network access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources
Source freshness unavailable
How is this decided?Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 1Timeline
- 21-12-2005PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 07-08-2024Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
fetchmail before 6.3.1 and before 6.2.5.5, when configured for multidrop mode, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) by sending messages without headers from upstream mail servers.
CVSS metrics
1 score · 1 source · 1 versionEPSS trend
Probability
3.64%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
90%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
No change 0.00 pp
From 3.64% on 04-10-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogsNot in the CISA KEV catalog.
Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.
Not in the CIRCL catalog.
Public exploits
0 foundNo public exploits indexed.
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeAffected systems
Known conditions: network-reachable, no authentication (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.
Debian1 product
- fetchmail< 6.2.5-12sarge4 | < 6.3.1-1
Fetchmail1 product
- fetchmail≥ 6.2.0, < 6.2.5.5 | ≥ 6.3.0, < 6.3.1
2 vendors · 2 products
References
30 links- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3101VDB EntryX Refsource VUPENPermissions RequiredThird Party Advisory
- slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2006&m=slackware-security.443499Vendor AdvisoryX Refsource SLACKWAREThird Party Advisory
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- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9659VDB EntrySignatureX Refsource OVALThird Party Advisory
- bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=343836X Refsource MISCIssue TrackingMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/2996VDB EntryX Refsource VUPENPermissions RequiredThird Party Advisory
- wwwnew.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:236Vendor AdvisoryX Refsource MANDRIVAThird Party Advisory
- www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0018.htmlVendor AdvisoryX Refsource REDHATThird Party Advisory