fetchmail-SA-2006-01: crash when bouncing messages. Topics: #1 crash when bouncing a message #2 fetchmail 6.2.5.X end of life Author: Matthias Andree Version: XXX Announced: XXX Type: free() with bogus pointer Impact: fetchmail crashes Danger: low Credits: Nathaniel W. Turner (bug report) CVE Name: XXX URL: http://fetchmail.berlios.de/fetchmail-SA-2006-01.txt http://bugs.debian.org/348747 Project URL: http://fetchmail.berlios.de/ Affects: fetchmail version 6.3.0 fetchmail version 6.3.1 Not affected: fetchmail 6.3.2 fetchmail 6.2.5.5 other versions not mentioned here or in the previous sections have not been checked Corrected: XXX 0. Release history ================== 2006-01-19 internal review draft 1. Background ============= fetchmail is a software package to retrieve mail from remote POP2, POP3, IMAP, ETRN or ODMR servers and forward it to local SMTP, LMTP servers or message delivery agents. fetchmail ships with a graphical, Python/Tkinter based configuration utility named "fetchmailconf" to help the user create configuration (run control) files for fetchmail. 2. Problem description and Impact ================================= Fetchmail contains a bug that causes itself to crash when bouncing a message to the originator or to the local postmaster. Fetchmail crashes when trying to free the dynamic array of failed addresses, and calls the free() function with an invalid pointer. Note that such messages are not RFC-822 conformant, so if the server has not been tampered with, the server software is faulty. 3. Workaround ============= None known at this time. 4. Solution =========== Download and install fetchmail 6.3.2 or a newer stable release from fetchmail's project site at . 5. End of life announcement =========================== The aged fetchmail 6.2.5.X branch is discontinued effective immediately. No further releases from the 6.2.5.X branch will be made. The new 6.3.X stable branch has been available since 2005-11-30 and will not change except for bugfixes, documentation and translations. A. Copyright, License and Warranty ================================== (C) Copyright 2006 by Matthias Andree, . Some rights reserved. This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs German License. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0/de/ or send a letter to Creative Commons; 559 Nathan Abbott Way; Stanford, California 94305; USA. THIS WORK IS PROVIDED FREE OF CHARGE AND WITHOUT ANY WARRANTIES. Use the information herein at your own risk. END OF fetchmail-SA-2006-01.txt