CVE-2005-4348 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting fetchmail versions prior to 6.3.1 and 6.2.5.5 when operating in multidrop mode. An unauthenticated remote attacker can crash the application by sending malformed email messages lacking headers from upstream mail servers. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 7.8 (High), indicating a network-based attack with low complexity leading to a complete loss of availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
>= 6.2.0, < 6.2.5.5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 6.3.0, < 6.3.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
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