DEBIAN-CVE-2002-1175

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Source
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2002-1175
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2002-1175.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/DEBIAN-CVE-2002-1175
Upstream
Downstream
Published
2002-10-11T04:00:00Z
Modified
2026-04-28T20:03:03.835331Z
Summary
[none]
Details

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.

References

Affected packages

Debian:11 / fetchmail

Package

Name
fetchmail
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/fetchmail?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
6.1.0-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2002-1175.json"

Debian:12 / fetchmail

Package

Name
fetchmail
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/fetchmail?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
6.1.0-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2002-1175.json"

Debian:13 / fetchmail

Package

Name
fetchmail
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/fetchmail?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
6.1.0-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2002-1175.json"

Debian:14 / fetchmail

Package

Name
fetchmail
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/fetchmail?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
6.1.0-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2002-1175.json"