Description
Fetchmail 5.0.8 through 6.3.21, when using NTLM authentication in debug mode, allows remote NTLM servers to (1) cause a denial of service (crash and delayed delivery of inbound mail) via a crafted NTLM response that triggers an out-of-bounds read in the base64 decoder, or (2) obtain sensitive information from memory via an NTLM Type 2 message with a crafted Target Name structure, which triggers an out-of-bounds read.
Published: 2012-12-21
Score: 5.8 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2012-3438 Fetchmail 5.0.8 through 6.3.21, when using NTLM authentication in debug mode, allows remote NTLM servers to (1) cause a denial of service (crash and delayed delivery of inbound mail) via a crafted NTLM response that triggers an out-of-bounds read in the base64 decoder, or (2) obtain sensitive information from memory via an NTLM Type 2 message with a crafted Target Name structure, which triggers an out-of-bounds read.
History

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Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics epss

{'score': 0.01006}

epss

{'score': 0.01081}


Subscriptions

Fetchmail Fetchmail
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-06T20:05:12.577Z

Reserved: 2012-06-14T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2012-3482

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2012-12-21T05:46:16.167

Modified: 2026-04-29T01:13:23.040

Link: CVE-2012-3482

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2012-08-13T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2012-3482 - Bugzilla

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