CVE-2002-1175 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in Fetchmail versions 6.0.0 and earlier. A malformed DNS packet from a malicious server can cause the getmxrecord function to read beyond expected boundaries, leading to a crash. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.0, indicating a medium severity, and can be exploited remotely with low complexity, resulting in a denial of service. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 6.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
4.5.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:4.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
4.5.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:4.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
4.5.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:4.5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
4.5.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:4.5.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
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