CVEvulnerability
CVE-2002-1175
5.0 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2002-10-11
- Last modified
- 2026-06-16
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 5.0 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
- Weaknesses
- CWE-20
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.
Affected configurations
• fetchmail fetchmail (<= 6.0.0)
• fetchmail fetchmail 4.5.1
• fetchmail fetchmail 4.5.2
• fetchmail fetchmail 4.5.3
• fetchmail fetchmail 4.5.4
• fetchmail fetchmail 4.5.5
• fetchmail fetchmail 4.5.6
• fetchmail fetchmail 4.5.7
• fetchmail fetchmail 4.5.8
• fetchmail fetchmail 4.6.0
• fetchmail fetchmail 4.6.1
• fetchmail fetchmail 4.6.2
• fetchmail fetchmail 4.6.3
• fetchmail fetchmail 4.6.4
• fetchmail fetchmail 4.6.5
• fetchmail fetchmail 4.6.6
• fetchmail fetchmail 4.6.7
• fetchmail fetchmail 4.6.8
• fetchmail fetchmail 4.6.9
• fetchmail fetchmail 4.7.0
• fetchmail fetchmail 4.7.1
• fetchmail fetchmail 4.7.2
• fetchmail fetchmail 4.7.3
• fetchmail fetchmail 4.7.4
• fetchmail fetchmail 4.7.5
• fetchmail fetchmail 4.7.6
• fetchmail fetchmail 4.7.7
• fetchmail fetchmail 5.0.0
• fetchmail fetchmail 5.0.1
• fetchmail fetchmail 5.0.2
• fetchmail fetchmail 5.0.3
• fetchmail fetchmail 5.0.4
• fetchmail fetchmail 5.0.5
• fetchmail fetchmail 5.0.6
• fetchmail fetchmail 5.0.7
• fetchmail fetchmail 5.0.8
• fetchmail fetchmail 5.1.0
• fetchmail fetchmail 5.1.4
• fetchmail fetchmail 5.2.0
• fetchmail fetchmail 5.2.1
• fetchmail fetchmail 5.2.3
• fetchmail fetchmail 5.2.4
• fetchmail fetchmail 5.2.7
• fetchmail fetchmail 5.2.8
• fetchmail fetchmail 5.3.0
• fetchmail fetchmail 5.3.1
• fetchmail fetchmail 5.3.3
• fetchmail fetchmail 5.3.8
• fetchmail fetchmail 5.4.0
• fetchmail fetchmail 5.4.3
• fetchmail fetchmail 5.4.4
• fetchmail fetchmail 5.4.5
• fetchmail fetchmail 5.5.0
• fetchmail fetchmail 5.5.2
• fetchmail fetchmail 5.5.3
• fetchmail fetchmail 5.5.5
• fetchmail fetchmail 5.5.6
• fetchmail fetchmail 5.6.0
• fetchmail fetchmail 5.7.0
• fetchmail fetchmail 5.7.2
… and 19 more
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-20 Improper Input Validation weakness
References
- http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000531 distro.conectiva.com.br
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=103340148625187&w=2 marc.info
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2002-215.html rhn.redhat.com
- http://www.debian.org/security/2002/dsa-171 www.debian.org
- http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/10203.php Vendor Advisory
- http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/security/2002/MDKSA-2002-063.php Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.linuxsecurity.com/advisories/other_advisory-2402.html www.linuxsecurity.com
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5826 www.securityfocus.com
- http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000531 distro.conectiva.com.br
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=103340148625187&w=2 marc.info
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2002-215.html rhn.redhat.com
- http://www.debian.org/security/2002/dsa-171 www.debian.org
- http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/10203.php Vendor Advisory
- http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/security/2002/MDKSA-2002-063.php Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.linuxsecurity.com/advisories/other_advisory-2402.html www.linuxsecurity.com
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5826 www.securityfocus.com