CVE-2021-36386

Publication date 30 July 2021

Last updated 26 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

Description

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.

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Status

Show unmaintained releases

Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
fetchmail	26.04 LTS resolute	Not affected
	25.10 questing	Not affected
	25.04 plucky	Not affected
	24.10 oracular	Not affected
	24.04 LTS noble	Not affected
	23.10 mantic	Not affected
	23.04 lunar	Not affected
	22.10 kinetic	Not affected
	22.04 LTS jammy	Not affected
	21.10 impish	Not affected
	21.04 hirsute	Ignored end of life
	20.04 LTS focal	Ignored end of standard support, was needs-triage
	18.04 LTS bionic	Ignored end of standard support, was needs-triage
	16.04 LTS xenial	Ignored end of standard support
	14.04 LTS trusty	Not in release

Notes

mdeslaur

second commit is a regression fix

Patch details

For informational purposes only. We recommend not to cherry-pick updates. How can I get the fixes?

Package	Patch details
fetchmail	Upstream: c546c82 Upstream: d3db2da

Severity score breakdown

Parameter	Value
Base score	7.5 · High
Attack vector	Network
Attack complexity	Low
Privileges required	None
User interaction	None
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality	None
Integrity impact	None
Availability impact	High
Vector	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H