CVE-2011-1947 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in Fetchmail versions 5.9.9 through 6.3.19. Remote servers can exploit this by acknowledging STARTTLS or STLS requests but then withholding further data, causing the Fetchmail application to hang indefinitely. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.0, indicating a medium severity, and can be exploited remotely with low attack complexity, leading to a partial availability impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
5.9.9CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:5.9.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
5.9.10CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:5.9.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
5.9.11CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:5.9.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
5.9.13CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:5.9.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
6.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:6.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
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