CVE-2010-0562
mediumpriority · track · 28EPSS 0.025 · 85 %ileEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
The sdump function in sdump.c in fetchmail 6.3.11, 6.3.12, and 6.3.13, when running in verbose mode on platforms for which char is signed, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via an SSL X.509 certificate containing non-printable characters with the high bit set, which triggers a heap-based buffer overflow during escaping.
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affected products (4)
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references (16)
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- http://mknod.org/svn/fetchmail/branches/BRANCH_6-3/fetchmail-SA-2010-01.txtenisa_euvd
- http://osvdb.org/62114enisa_euvd
- http://secunia.com/advisories/38391enisa_euvd
- http://www.fetchmail.info/fetchmail-SA-2010-01.txtenisa_euvd
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:037enisa_euvd
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/38088enisa_euvd
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1023543enisa_euvd
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0296enisa_euvd
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