CVE-2002-1174

security flaw

Published Oct 1, 2002 CVSS 2.0 · 7.5 High EPSS 4.7% KEV · Not listed
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.

Remediation

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Advisories

Source ID Title
EUVD 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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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
mitre
Published
Updated
Aug 8, 2024, 3:19 AM
Reserved
Sep 30, 2002, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Oct 11, 2002, 4:00 AM
Modified
Jun 16, 2026, 9:58 PM
Severity
Critical
Public date
Sep 29, 2002, 12:00 AM