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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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
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NVD
Status : Modified
Published: 2002-10-11T04:00:00.000
Modified: 2024-11-20T23:40:45.043
Link: CVE-2002-1175
Redhat