CVE-2002-1175 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can crash Fetchmail by sending malformed DNS packets, causing a denial of service.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2002-1175?
CVE-2002-1175 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 1 Oct 2002. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official 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.
Weakness: CWE-20
Which versions are affected by CVE-2002-1175?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Fetchmail Fetchmail.
How do I fix CVE-2002-1175?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2002-1175 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2002-1175 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2002-1175, GHSA-33hc-jm79-92r9.