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.
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MITRE Information
Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: 2002-10-01T04:00:00
Updated: 2016-10-17T13:57:01
Reserved: 2002-09-30T00:00:00
Link: CVE-2002-1175
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NVD Information
Status : Modified
Published: 2002-10-11T04:00:00.000
Modified: 2016-10-18T02:24:22.720
Link: CVE-2002-1175
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