Resource Exhaustion Affecting fetchmail package, versions <6.4.16-4


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Debian security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
2.56% (84th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN14-FETCHMAIL-11741524
  • published10 Aug 2025
  • disclosed30 Jul 2021

Introduced: 30 Jul 2021

CVE-2021-36386  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-400  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:14 fetchmail to version 6.4.16-4 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream fetchmail package and not the fetchmail package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:14 relevant fixed versions and status.

report_vbuild in report.c in Fetchmail before 6.4.20 sometimes omits initialization of the vsnprintf va_list argument, which might allow mail servers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via long error messages. NOTE: it is unclear whether use of Fetchmail on any realistic platform results in an impact beyond an inconvenience to the client user.

CVSS Base Scores

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