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diff --git a/fetchmail-SA-2021-01.txt b/fetchmail-SA-2021-01.txt index 5f2563be..2a5ca262 100644 --- a/fetchmail-SA-2021-01.txt +++ b/fetchmail-SA-2021-01.txt @@ -6,27 +6,30 @@ fetchmail-SA-2021-01: DoS or information disclosure logging long messages Topics: fetchmail denial of service or information disclosure when logging long messages Author: Matthias Andree -Version: 1.1 -Announced: 2021-07-28 -Type: missing variable initialization can cause read from bad memory +Version: 1.2 +Announced: 2021-07-28 (original), 2021-08-03 (last update) +Type: missing variable initialization can cause read from bad memory locations -Impact: fetchmail logs random information, or segfaults and aborts, +Impact: fetchmail logs random information, or segfaults and aborts, stalling inbound mail Danger: low Acknowledgment: Christian Herdtweck, Intra2net AG, Tübingen, Germany for analysis and report and a patch suggestion -CVE Name: CVE-2021-36386 +CVE Name: CVE-2021-36386 and CVE-2008-2711 URL: https://www.fetchmail.info/fetchmail-SA-2021-01.txt +URL: https://www.fetchmail.info/fetchmail-SA-2008-01.txt Project URL: https://www.fetchmail.info/ -Affects: - fetchmail releases up to and including 6.4.19 +Affects: - fetchmail releases up to and including 6.3.8 + - fetchmail releases 6.3.17 up to incl. 6.4.19 Not affected: - fetchmail releases 6.4.20 and newer + - fetchmail releases 6.3.9 to 6.3.16 Corrected in: c546c829 Git commit hash - 2021-07-28 fetchmail 6.4.20 release tarball + 2021-08-03 7.0.0-alpha9/6.5.0-beta4 snapshots 0. Release history @@ -35,6 +38,7 @@ Corrected in: c546c829 Git commit hash 2021-07-07 initial report to maintainer 2021-07-28 1.0 release 2021-07-28 1.1 update Git commit hash with correction +2021-08-03 1.2 add references to CVE-2008-2711/fetchmail-SA-2008-01 1. Background @@ -52,20 +56,27 @@ regular protocol ports. 2. Problem description and Impact ================================= -Fetchmail has long had support to assemble log/error messages that are -generated piecemeal, and takes care to reallocate the output buffer as needed. -In the reallocation case, i. e. when long log messages are assembled that can -stem from very long headers, and on systems that have a varargs.h/stdarg.h -interface (all modern systems), fetchmail's code would fail to reinitialize -the va_list argument to vsnprintf. - -The exact effects depend on the verbose mode (how many -v are given) of -fetchmail, computer architecture, compiler, operating system and -configuration. On some systems, the code just works without ill effects, some -systems log a garbage message (potentially disclosing sensitive information), -some systems log literally "(null)", some systems trigger SIGSEGV (signal +Fetchmail has long had support to assemble log/error messages that are +generated piecemeal, and takes care to reallocate the output buffer as needed. +In the reallocation case, i. e. when long log messages are assembled that can +stem from very long headers, and on systems that have a varargs.h/stdarg.h +interface (all modern systems), fetchmail's code would fail to reinitialize +the va_list argument to vsnprintf. + +The exact effects depend on the verbose mode (how many -v are given) of +fetchmail, computer architecture, compiler, operating system and +configuration. On some systems, the code just works without ill effects, some +systems log a garbage message (potentially disclosing sensitive information), +some systems log literally "(null)", some systems trigger SIGSEGV (signal #11), which crashes fetchmail, causing a denial of service on fetchmail's end. +The same bug then named CVE-2008-2711 had already been fixed in fetchmail 6.3.9, +but a code refactoring in fetchmail 6.3.17 (commit 414a3809 in 2010) +reintroduced the bug. +Fetchmail versions 6.4.19 and older are no longer supported, however. + +The bugfix used in 6.4.20 uses a different, more thorough, approach. + 3. Solution =========== @@ -75,15 +86,15 @@ Install fetchmail 6.4.20 or newer. The fetchmail source code is available from <https://sourceforge.net/projects/fetchmail/files/>. -Distributors are encouraged to review the NEWS file and move forward to -6.4.20, rather than backport individual security fixes, because doing so -routinely misses other fixes crucial to fetchmail's proper operation, +Distributors are encouraged to review the NEWS file and move forward to +6.4.20, rather than backport individual security fixes, because doing so +routinely misses other fixes crucial to fetchmail's proper operation, for which no security announcements are issued, or documentation, or translation updates. -Fetchmail 6.4.X releases have been made with a focus on unchanged user and -program interfaces so as to avoid disruptions when upgrading from 6.3.Z or -6.4.X to 6.4.Y with Y > X. Care was taken to not change the interface +Fetchmail 6.4.X releases have been made with a focus on unchanged user and +program interfaces so as to avoid disruptions when upgrading from 6.3.Z or +6.4.X to 6.4.Y with Y > X. Care was taken to not change the interface incompatibly. @@ -93,8 +104,8 @@ A. Copyright, License and Non-Warranty (C) Copyright 2021 by Matthias Andree, <matthias.andree@gmx.de>. Some rights reserved. -fetchmail-SA-2021-01 © 2021 by Matthias Andree is licensed under CC -BY-ND 4.0. To view a copy of this license, visit +fetchmail-SA-2021-01 © 2021 by Matthias Andree is licensed under CC +BY-ND 4.0. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0/ THIS WORK IS PROVIDED FREE OF CHARGE AND WITHOUT ANY WARRANTIES. @@ -103,17 +114,17 @@ Use the information herein at your own risk. 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