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    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.

    Published:Sep 29, 2002
    Last Modified:Apr 16, 2026
    EPS:Oct 1, 2002
    EPSS Score:0.04276
    CVSS Score:7.5

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Fetchmail
    Product
    Fetchmail
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Enterprise Linux
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Linux

    Exploits

    No exploit reference

    Related CVEs

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    CVE-2021-36386 (CVSS 7.5) — report_vbuild in report.c in Fetchmail before 6.4.20 sometimes omits initialization of the vsnprintf va_list a…
    CVE-2012-3482 (CVSS 5.8) — Fetchmail 5.0.8 through 6.3.21, when using NTLM authentication in debug mode, allows remote NTLM servers to (1…
    CVE-2011-1947 (CVSS 5) — fetchmail 5.9.9 through 6.3.19 does not properly limit the wait time after issuing a (1) STARTTLS or (2) STLS …
    CVE-2010-1167 (CVSS 4.3) — fetchmail 4.6.3 through 6.3.16, when debug mode is enabled, does not properly handle invalid characters in a m…
    CVE-2010-0562 (CVSS 6.8) — The sdump function in sdump.c in fetchmail 6.3.11, 6.3.12, and 6.3.13, when running in verbose mode on platfor…
    CVE-2009-2666 (CVSS 6.4) — socket.c in fetchmail before 6.3.11 does not properly handle a '\0' character in a domain name in the subject'…
    CVE-2008-2711 (CVSS 4.3) — fetchmail 6.3.8 and earlier, when running in -v -v (aka verbose) mode, allows remote attackers to cause a deni…
    CVE-2007-4565 (CVSS 5) — sink.c in fetchmail before 6.3.9 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL derefer…

    References

    http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000531
    http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=103340148625187&w=2
    http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2002-215.html
    http://www.debian.org/security/2002/dsa-171
    http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/10203.php
    http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/security/2002/MDKSA-2002-063.php
    http://www.linuxsecurity.com/advisories/other_advisory-2402.html
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5825
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5827
    http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000531
    http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=103340148625187&w=2
    http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2002-215.html
    http://www.debian.org/security/2002/dsa-171
    http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/10203.php
    http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/security/2002/MDKSA-2002-063.php
    http://www.linuxsecurity.com/advisories/other_advisory-2402.html
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5825
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5827

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High