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.
History

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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2002-10-01T04:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-08T03:19:27.488Z

Reserved: 2002-09-30T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2002-1175

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2002-10-11T04:00:00.000

Modified: 2016-10-18T02:24:22.720

Link: CVE-2002-1175

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2002-09-29T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2002-1175 - Bugzilla