CVE-2002-1175 in Fetchmail

Summary

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.

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• Disclosure: 10/11/2002
• Moderation: VulDB entry created
• Entries: VDB-19078
• CPE: ready
• CWE: CWE-20 (Confirmed)
• CVSS: 5.3
• EPSS: 0.01344
• Activities: Very Low

Sources

• MITRE: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2002-1175
• NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2002-1175
• CVE Details: https://www.cvedetails.com/cve/CVE-2002-1175/