CVE-2008-2711 · cross-distro fix matrix

CVE-2008-2711: fetchmail 6.3.8 and earlier, when running in -v -v (aka verbose) mode, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash and persistent mail failure) via a malformed mail message with long headers, which triggers an erroneous dereference when using vsnprintf to format log messages.

Affects 3 Linux releases across 3 (distro × package) combinations.

Fix per ecosystem

Each block below is a distro release where CVE-2008-2711 has a known fix. Run the listed command on that distro to remediate.

Debian bullseye

Source: Debian Security Tracker

fetchmail→ fixed in6.3.9~rc2-1urgency: unimportant
```
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y fetchmail
```

Debian bookworm

Source: Debian Security Tracker

fetchmail→ fixed in6.3.9~rc2-1urgency: unimportant
```
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y fetchmail
```

Debian trixie

Source: Debian Security Tracker

fetchmail→ fixed in6.3.9~rc2-1urgency: unimportant
```
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y fetchmail
```

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