fetchmail 5.9.9 through 6.3.19 does not properly limit the wait time after issuing a (1) STARTTLS or (2) STLS request, which allows remote servers to cause a denial of service (application hang) by acknowledging the request but not sending additional packets.
Advisories
Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2011-1944 fetchmail 5.9.9 through 6.3.19 does not properly limit the wait time after issuing a (1) STARTTLS or (2) STLS request, which allows remote servers to cause a denial of service (application hang) by acknowledging the request but not sending additional packets.
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History

Sun, 13 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

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Metrics epss

{'score': 0.02192}

epss

{'score': 0.02444}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-06T22:46:00.839Z

Reserved: 2011-05-09T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2011-1947

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2011-06-02T19:55:03.903

Modified: 2025-04-11T00:51:21.963

Link: CVE-2011-1947

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2011-05-30T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2011-1947 - Bugzilla

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