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Alma Linux: CVE-2021-36386: Moderate: fetchmail security update (ALSA-2022-1964)

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Alma Linux: CVE-2021-36386: Moderate: fetchmail security update (ALSA-2022-1964)

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
07/30/2021
Created
05/14/2022
Added
05/13/2022
Modified
10/28/2022

Description

report_vbuild in report.c in Fetchmail before 6.4.20 sometimes omits initialization of the vsnprintf va_list argument, which might allow mail servers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via long error messages. NOTE: it is unclear whether use of Fetchmail on any realistic platform results in an impact beyond an inconvenience to the client user.

Solution(s)

  • alma-upgrade-fetchmail

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