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The getmxrecord function in Fetchmail 6.0.0 and earlier...

Moderate severity Unreviewed Published Apr 30, 2022 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Jan 30, 2023

Package

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Affected versions

Unknown

Patched versions

Unknown

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.

References

Published by the National Vulnerability Database Oct 11, 2002
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database Apr 30, 2022
Last updated Jan 30, 2023

Severity

Moderate

EPSS score

2.793%
(91st percentile)

Weaknesses

CVE ID

CVE-2002-1175

GHSA ID

GHSA-33hc-jm79-92r9

Source code

No known source code

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