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Eric S. Raymond Fetchmail Multidrop Mode Denial Of Service Vulnerability

A denial of service vulnerability has been reported for Fetchmail 6.0.0 and earlier. The vulnerability is due to improper boundary checks when processing email headers in multidrop mode. This results in Fetchmail crashing and failing to respond to further requests for service.