wid-sec-w-2025-2202
Vulnerability from csaf_certbund
Published
2025-10-05 22:00
Modified
2025-10-23 22:00
Summary
fetchmail: Schwachstelle ermöglicht Denial of Service

Notes

Das BSI ist als Anbieter für die eigenen, zur Nutzung bereitgestellten Inhalte nach den allgemeinen Gesetzen verantwortlich. Nutzerinnen und Nutzer sind jedoch dafür verantwortlich, die Verwendung und/oder die Umsetzung der mit den Inhalten bereitgestellten Informationen sorgfältig im Einzelfall zu prüfen.
Produktbeschreibung
Fetchmail ist ein Programm zur Abfrage von Mails über diverse Protokolle wie IMAP4, SMTP, POP2 oder POP3 und deren anschließender Weiterleitung an Message Delivery Agents.
Angriff
Ein entfernter, anonymer Angreifer kann eine Schwachstelle in fetchmail ausnutzen, um einen Denial of Service Angriff durchzuführen.
Betroffene Betriebssysteme
- Linux



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  "document": {
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      "text": "mittel"
    },
    "category": "csaf_base",
    "csaf_version": "2.0",
    "distribution": {
      "tlp": {
        "label": "WHITE",
        "url": "https://www.first.org/tlp/"
      }
    },
    "lang": "de-DE",
    "notes": [
      {
        "category": "legal_disclaimer",
        "text": "Das BSI ist als Anbieter f\u00fcr die eigenen, zur Nutzung bereitgestellten Inhalte nach den allgemeinen Gesetzen verantwortlich. Nutzerinnen und Nutzer sind jedoch daf\u00fcr verantwortlich, die Verwendung und/oder die Umsetzung der mit den Inhalten bereitgestellten Informationen sorgf\u00e4ltig im Einzelfall zu pr\u00fcfen."
      },
      {
        "category": "description",
        "text": "Fetchmail ist ein Programm zur Abfrage von Mails \u00fcber diverse Protokolle wie IMAP4, SMTP, POP2 oder POP3 und deren anschlie\u00dfender Weiterleitung an Message Delivery Agents.",
        "title": "Produktbeschreibung"
      },
      {
        "category": "summary",
        "text": "Ein entfernter, anonymer Angreifer kann eine Schwachstelle in fetchmail ausnutzen, um einen Denial of Service Angriff durchzuf\u00fchren.",
        "title": "Angriff"
      },
      {
        "category": "general",
        "text": "- Linux",
        "title": "Betroffene Betriebssysteme"
      }
    ],
    "publisher": {
      "category": "other",
      "contact_details": "csaf-provider@cert-bund.de",
      "name": "Bundesamt f\u00fcr Sicherheit in der Informationstechnik",
      "namespace": "https://www.bsi.bund.de"
    },
    "references": [
      {
        "category": "self",
        "summary": "WID-SEC-W-2025-2202 - CSAF Version",
        "url": "https://wid.cert-bund.de/.well-known/csaf/white/2025/wid-sec-w-2025-2202.json"
      },
      {
        "category": "self",
        "summary": "WID-SEC-2025-2202 - Portal Version",
        "url": "https://wid.cert-bund.de/portal/wid/securityadvisory?name=WID-SEC-2025-2202"
      },
      {
        "category": "external",
        "summary": "Fetchmail Security Advisory vom 2025-10-05",
        "url": "https://www.fetchmail.info/fetchmail-SA-2025-01.txt"
      },
      {
        "category": "external",
        "summary": "OSS Security Mailing List vom 2025-10-05",
        "url": "https://seclists.org/oss-sec/2025/q4/10"
      },
      {
        "category": "external",
        "summary": "Fedora Security Advisory FEDORA-2025-891D4DD5D6 vom 2025-10-09",
        "url": "https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2025-891d4dd5d6"
      },
      {
        "category": "external",
        "summary": "Fedora Security Advisory FEDORA-2025-AB3C40C1F4 vom 2025-10-09",
        "url": "https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2025-ab3c40c1f4"
      },
      {
        "category": "external",
        "summary": "Fedora Security Advisory FEDORA-2025-FA8D0FB866 vom 2025-10-09",
        "url": "https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2025-fa8d0fb866"
      },
      {
        "category": "external",
        "summary": "openSUSE Security Update OPENSUSE-SU-2025:15653-1 vom 2025-10-22",
        "url": "https://lists.opensuse.org/archives/list/security-announce@lists.opensuse.org/thread/BOULNRNZOVZQ6B5VI5MBBRQG2NCJE4CD/"
      },
      {
        "category": "external",
        "summary": "Ubuntu Security Notice USN-7838-1 vom 2025-10-23",
        "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7838-1"
      }
    ],
    "source_lang": "en-US",
    "title": "fetchmail: Schwachstelle erm\u00f6glicht Denial of Service",
    "tracking": {
      "current_release_date": "2025-10-23T22:00:00.000+00:00",
      "generator": {
        "date": "2025-10-24T08:08:30.907+00:00",
        "engine": {
          "name": "BSI-WID",
          "version": "1.4.0"
        }
      },
      "id": "WID-SEC-W-2025-2202",
      "initial_release_date": "2025-10-05T22:00:00.000+00:00",
      "revision_history": [
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          "date": "2025-10-05T22:00:00.000+00:00",
          "number": "1",
          "summary": "Initiale Fassung"
        },
        {
          "date": "2025-10-08T22:00:00.000+00:00",
          "number": "2",
          "summary": "Neue Updates von Fedora aufgenommen"
        },
        {
          "date": "2025-10-22T22:00:00.000+00:00",
          "number": "3",
          "summary": "Neue Updates von openSUSE aufgenommen"
        },
        {
          "date": "2025-10-23T22:00:00.000+00:00",
          "number": "4",
          "summary": "Neue Updates von Ubuntu aufgenommen"
        }
      ],
      "status": "final",
      "version": "4"
    }
  },
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      {
        "branches": [
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              {
                "category": "product_version_range",
                "name": "\u003c6.5.6",
                "product": {
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                  "product_id": "T047376"
                }
              },
              {
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                "name": "6.5.6",
                "product": {
                  "name": "Open Source fetchmail 6.5.6",
                  "product_id": "T047376-fixed",
                  "product_identification_helper": {
                    "cpe": "cpe:/a:fetchmail:fetchmail:6.5.6"
                  }
                }
              }
            ],
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        ],
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      },
      {
        "branches": [
          {
            "category": "product_name",
            "name": "SUSE openSUSE",
            "product": {
              "name": "SUSE openSUSE",
              "product_id": "T027843",
              "product_identification_helper": {
                "cpe": "cpe:/o:suse:opensuse:-"
              }
            }
          }
        ],
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                "cpe": "cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:-"
              }
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  },
  "vulnerabilities": [
    {
      "cve": "CVE-2025-61962",
      "product_status": {
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          "T027843",
          "T047376",
          "74185"
        ]
      },
      "release_date": "2025-10-05T22:00:00.000+00:00",
      "title": "CVE-2025-61962"
    }
  ]
}


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