CVE - CVE-2011-1947

CVE-ID
CVE-2011-1947	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
Description
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.
References
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BID:48043 URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/48043 BUGTRAQ:20110606 fetchmail security announcement fetchmail-SA-2011-01 (CVE-2011-1947) URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/518251/100/0/threaded CONFIRM:http://gitorious.org/fetchmail/fetchmail/blobs/legacy_63/fetchmail-SA-2011-01.txt CONFIRM:http://www.fetchmail.info/fetchmail-SA-2011-01.txt FEDORA:FEDORA-2011-8011 URL:http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-June/061672.html FEDORA:FEDORA-2011-8021 URL:http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-June/061735.html FEDORA:FEDORA-2011-8059 URL:http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-June/061634.html MANDRIVA:MDVSA-2011:107 URL:~~http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:107~~ (Obsolete source) MLIST:[oss-security] 20110530 CVE request for fetchmail STARTTLS hang (Denial of Service) URL:http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/05/30/1 MLIST:[oss-security] 20110531 Re: CVE request for fetchmail STARTTLS hang (Denial of Service) URL:http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/05/31/12 MLIST:[oss-security] 20110531 Re: CVE request for fetchmail STARTTLS hang (Denial of Service) URL:http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/05/31/17 MLIST:[oss-security] 20110601 Re: CVE request for fetchmail STARTTLS hang (Denial of Service) URL:http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/06/01/2 SECTRACK:1025605 URL:http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1025605 XF:fetchmail-starttls-dos(67700) URL:https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/67700
Assigning CNA
Red Hat, Inc.
Date Record Created
20110509	Disclaimer: The record creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
Phase (Legacy)
Assigned (20110509)
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Comments (Legacy)

Proposed (Legacy)
N/A
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