CVE-2002-1175

Medium

Description

The getmxrecord function in Fetchmail 6.0.0 and earlier does not properly check the boundary of a particular malformed DNS packet from a malicious DNS server, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) when Fetchmail attempts to read data beyond the expected boundary.

SeverityMedium
CVSS5.0
Exploit probability—
ProductFetchmail
PublishedOct 11, 2002
First seenOct 11, 2002

How to fix

Sources list no fixed version or patch link for this vulnerability.

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
fetchmail fetchmailv ≤ 6.0.0, 4.5.1, 4.5.2, 4.5.3, 4.5.4, 4.5.5, 4.5.6, 4.5.7, 4.5.8, 4.6.0, 4.6.1, 4.6.2, 4.6.3, 4.6.4, 4.6.5, 4.6.6, 4.6.7, 4.6.8, 4.6.9, 4.7.0, 4.7.1, 4.7.2, 4.7.3, 4.7.4, 4.7.5, 4.7.6, 4.7.7, 5.0.0, 5.0.1, 5.0.2, 5.0.3, 5.0.4, 5.0.5, 5.0.6, 5.0.7, 5.0.8, 5.1.0, 5.1.4, 5.2.0, 5.2.1, 5.2.3, 5.2.4, 5.2.7, 5.2.8, 5.3.0, 5.3.1, 5.3.3, 5.3.8, 5.4.0, 5.4.3, 5.4.4, 5.4.5, 5.5.0, 5.5.2, 5.5.3, 5.5.5, 5.5.6, 5.6.0, 5.7.0, 5.7.2, 5.7.4, 5.8, 5.8.1, 5.8.2, 5.8.3, 5.8.4, 5.8.5, 5.8.6, 5.8.11, 5.8.13, 5.8.14, 5.8.17, 5.9.0, 5.9.4, 5.9.5, 5.9.8, 5.9.10, 5.9.11, 5.9.13—

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