CVE-2011-1947
mediumpriority · track · 21EPSS 0.026 · 85 %ileEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
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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affected products (39)
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also known as (3)
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references (36)
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- http://gitorious.org/fetchmail/fetchmail/blobs/legacy_63/fetchmail-SA-2011-01.txtcnnvd
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/05/30/1cnnvd
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/05/31/12cnnvd
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/05/31/17cnnvd
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/06/01/2cnnvd
- http://www.fetchmail.info/fetchmail-SA-2011-01.txtcnnvd
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/48043cnnvd
- http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/67700cnnvd
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