CVE

Id
5559  
CVE No.
CVE-2002-1175  
Status
Candidate  
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.  
Phase
Proposed (20030317)  
Votes
ACCEPT(3) Armstrong, Cole, Green | MODIFY(1) Cox  
Comments
Cox> Addref: REDHAT:RHSA-2002:216