PT-2002-2287 · Fetchmail · Fetchmail

Published 2002-12-23 · Updated 2018-05-03 · CVE-2002-1365

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

7.5

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Fetchmail versions 6.1.3 and earlier

Description The issue is related to a heap-based buffer overflow that does not properly account for the "@" character when determining buffer lengths for local addresses. This allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a header with a large number of local addresses.

Recommendations For Fetchmail versions 6.1.3 and earlier, update to a version later than 6.1.3 to resolve the issue.

Fix

Buffer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-119

Related Identifiers

CVE-2002-1365

DSA-216

Affected Products

Fetchmail

References · 16

• http://redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-155.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2002-1365 · Vendor Advisory
• http://redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2002-293.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://debian.org/security/2002/dsa-216 · Vendor Advisory
• http://mandrakesoft.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2003:011 · Vendor Advisory
• ftp://ftp.caldera.com/pub/security/OpenLinux/CSSA-2003-001.0.txt · Vendor Advisory
• http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000554 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2002-1365 · Security Note
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2002-1365 · Vendor Advisory
• http://redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2002-294.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2002-1365 · Vendor Advisory
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=104004858802000&w=2 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/6390 · Note
• http://security.e-matters.de/advisories/052002.html · Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/10839 · Note