CVE-2002-1175 — Improper Input Validation in Fetchmail

CWE-20 — Improper Input Validation6 documents6 sources
Severity
5.0MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
1.3%
top 19.86%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
2
FetchmailDebian Fetchmail
Timeline
PublishedOct 11
Latest updateApr 30

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.

CVSS vector

AV:N/AC:L/C:N/I:N/A:PExploitability: 10.0 | Impact: 2.9

Affected Packages3 packages

▶debiandebian/fetchmail< fetchmail 6.1.0-1 (bookworm)
▶Debianfetchmail/fetchmail< 6.1.0-1+2
▶NVDfetchmail/fetchmail6.0.0+78

Patches

Patch: www.linux-mandrake.com ↗Patch: www.linux-mandrake.com ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-33hc-jm79-92r9: The getmxrecord function in Fetchmail 6↗2022-04-30
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OSV
CVE-2002-1175: The getmxrecord function in Fetchmail 6↗2002-10-11
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📋Vendor Advisories

2
Red Hat
security flaw↗2002-09-29
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Debian
CVE-2002-1175: fetchmail - The getmxrecord function in Fetchmail 6.0.0 and earlier does not properly check ...↗2002
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💬Community

1
Bugzilla
CVE-2002-1175 security flaw↗2018-08-16
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