MSRC_CVE-2021-36386

Vulnerability from csaf_microsoft - Published: 2021-07-02 00:00 - Updated: 2022-01-19 00:00
Summary
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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