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
<http://developer.berlios.de/project/showfiles.php?group_id=1824>.


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, <matthias.andree@gmx.de>.
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.

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