Description
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.
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Remediation
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Advisories
| Source | ID | Title |
|---|---|---|
EUVD |
EUVD-2002-1158 | 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. |
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History
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published:
Updated: 2024-08-08T03:19:27.643Z
Reserved: 2002-09-30T00:00:00.000Z
Link: CVE-2002-1174
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Status : Modified
Published: 2002-10-11T04:00:00.000
Modified: 2026-04-16T00:27:16.627
Link: CVE-2002-1174
OpenCVE Enrichment
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Weaknesses
EUVD