CVE-2025-61962

mediumpriority · track · 0EPSS 0.004 · 35 %ileDEEURUUS
grimoire priorityP3 · Track
Exploitable?
—
no known exploitation
Likely / severe?
0.41% (35th) EPSS
CVSS 5.9 · medium
Is it mine?
20 products
Check your exposure
Who says so?
5 sources
cnnvd · enisa_euvd · fstec_bdu · cert_bund

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

In fetchmail before 6.5.6, the SMTP client can crash when authenticating upon receiving a 334 status code in a malformed context.

01

remediations

Vendor fix, mitigation, or workaround guidance, as published by each source.

A vendor fix is available.

  • Fixedfetchmail-0:6.5.2-160000.3.1.aarch64 as component of SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 16.0suse_csaf

    To install this SUSE Security Update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".

  • Fixedfetchmail-0:6.5.2-160000.3.1.aarch64 as component of SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP applications 16.0suse_csaf

    To install this SUSE Security Update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".

  • Fixedfetchmail-0:6.5.2-160000.3.1.ppc64le as component of SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 16.0suse_csaf

    To install this SUSE Security Update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".

  • Fixedfetchmail-0:6.5.2-160000.3.1.ppc64le as component of SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP applications 16.0suse_csaf

    To install this SUSE Security Update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".

  • Fixedfetchmail-0:6.5.2-160000.3.1.s390x as component of SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 16.0suse_csaf

    To install this SUSE Security Update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".

  • Fixedfetchmail-0:6.5.2-160000.3.1.s390x as component of SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP applications 16.0suse_csaf

    To install this SUSE Security Update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".

  • Fixedfetchmail-0:6.5.2-160000.3.1.x86_64 as component of SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 16.0suse_csaf

    To install this SUSE Security Update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".

  • Fixedfetchmail-0:6.5.2-160000.3.1.x86_64 as component of SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP applications 16.0suse_csaf

    To install this SUSE Security Update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".

  • Fixedfetchmail-0:6.5.2-160000.3.1.aarch64 as component of openSUSE Leap 16.0suse_csaf

    To install this SUSE Security Update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".

  • Fixedfetchmail-0:6.5.2-160000.3.1.ppc64le as component of openSUSE Leap 16.0suse_csaf

    To install this SUSE Security Update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".

  • Fixedfetchmail-0:6.5.2-160000.3.1.s390x as component of openSUSE Leap 16.0suse_csaf

    To install this SUSE Security Update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".

  • Fixedfetchmail-0:6.5.2-160000.3.1.x86_64 as component of openSUSE Leap 16.0suse_csaf

    To install this SUSE Security Update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".

  • Fixedfetchmailconf-0:6.5.2-160000.3.1.aarch64 as component of openSUSE Leap 16.0suse_csaf

    To install this SUSE Security Update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".

  • Fixedfetchmailconf-0:6.5.2-160000.3.1.ppc64le as component of openSUSE Leap 16.0suse_csaf

    To install this SUSE Security Update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".

  • Fixedfetchmailconf-0:6.5.2-160000.3.1.s390x as component of openSUSE Leap 16.0suse_csaf

    To install this SUSE Security Update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".

  • Fixedfetchmailconf-0:6.5.2-160000.3.1.x86_64 as component of openSUSE Leap 16.0suse_csaf

    To install this SUSE Security Update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".

02

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

5.9
010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode

v3.15.9mediumAV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:Hsecondary · FSTEC (BDU) RU
v3.15.9mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:Hsecondary · ENISA EU
v3.15.9mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:Hsecondary · cve@mitre.org USexploitability 2.2 · impact 3.6
v3.15.4mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)
v3.15.9mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:Hsecondary · SUSE Product Security
03

ssvc

A stakeholder decision — act, attend, or track — from exploitation and impact.

Trackcoordinatorcisa_ssvcUS
04

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-142USCWE-142US
05

affected products (20)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

06

advisories (4)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

07

also known as (4)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

08

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvdenisa_euvdfstec_bducert_bundsuse_csafNVDCVE.orgMITRE
published 2025-10-04modified 2026-10-19
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references (12)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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