CVE-2002-1175

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2002-10-11 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: 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 products

fetchmail: through 6.0.0; 4.5.1, 4.5.2, 4.5.3, 4.5.4, 4.5.5, 4.5.6 (+72)

References

http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000531
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=103340148625187&w=2
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2002-215.html
http://www.debian.org/security/2002/dsa-171
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/10203.php
http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/security/2002/MDKSA-2002-063.php
http://www.linuxsecurity.com/advisories/other_advisory-2402.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5826
http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000531
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=103340148625187&w=2
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2002-215.html
http://www.debian.org/security/2002/dsa-171

Get alerted when CVE-2002-1175 or the next vulnerability affects your stack