CVE-ID

CVE-2002-1175

• CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
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.
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Assigning CNA
MITRE Corporation
Date Record Created
20020930 Disclaimer: The record creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
Phase (Legacy)
Proposed (20030317)
Votes (Legacy)
ACCEPT(3) Armstrong, Cole, Green
MODIFY(1) Cox
Comments (Legacy)
 Cox> Addref: REDHAT:RHSA-2002:216

Proposed (Legacy)
20030317
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