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.
Published: 2005-07-27
Score: 5.0 Medium
EPSS: 6.4% Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2005-2336 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.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-153-1 fetchmail vulnerability
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Fetchmail Fetchmail
Redhat Enterprise Linux
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-07T22:22:48.888Z

Reserved: 2005-07-21T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2005-2335

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Status : Modified

Published: 2005-07-27T04:00:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-16T00:27:16.627

Link: CVE-2005-2335

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Important

Publid Date: 2005-07-21T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2005-2335 - Bugzilla

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