Buffer overflow in Fetchmail
CVE-2002-1174
Buffer overflows in Fetchmail 6.0.0 and earlier allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or execute arbitrary code via (1) long headers that are not properly processed by the readheaders function, or (2) via long Received: headers, which are not properly parsed by the parse_received function.
Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow
EPSS: 0.047 (90.9th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
Affected products
- Fetchmail — versions 4.5.1, 4.5.2, 4.5.3
- N/a — versions n/a
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- cve@mitre.org (vendor-advisory, Patch, x_refsource_MANDRAKE, Vendor Advisory)
- cve@mitre.org (vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)
- cve@mitre.org (mailing-list, x_refsource_BUGTRAQ)
- cve@mitre.org (vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_REDHAT, vendor-advisory)
- cve@mitre.org (vdb-entry, Vendor Advisory, x_refsource_XF)
- cve@mitre.org (vendor-advisory, x_refsource_CONECTIVA)
- cve@mitre.org (vendor-advisory, x_refsource_ENGARDE)
- cve@mitre.org (vendor-advisory, Patch, x_refsource_DEBIAN, Vendor Advisory)