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