VDB
RHSA-2002:215
RHSA-2002:215
PUBLISHED
CVSS 9.300000190734863 CRITICAL
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.
Risk Scores
CVSS 4.0
9.300000190734863
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat | Red Hat Linux 6.2 | |
| Red Hat | Red Hat Linux 7.3 | |
| Red Hat | Red Hat Linux 7.0 | |
| Red Hat | Red Hat Linux 8.0 | |
| Red Hat | Red Hat Linux 7.2 | |
| Red Hat | Red Hat Linux 7.1 |
Timeline
- Oct 7, 2002 CVE Published
- Nov 21, 2025 CVE Updated
- Aug 7, 2026 Distribution Patch
- Aug 7, 2026 Distribution Patch
- Aug 7, 2026 Security Advisory
- Aug 7, 2026 Security Advisory
- Aug 7, 2026 Security Advisory
- Aug 7, 2026 Security Advisory
References
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2002:215 advisory
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/738331 advisory
- http://tuxedo.org/~esr/fetchmail/NEWS advisory
- http://security.e-matters.de/advisories/032002.html advisory
- https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/advisories/2002/rhsa-2002_215.json advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2002-1174 advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1616856 issue
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2002-1174 advisory
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2002-1174 advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2002-1175 advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1616857 issue
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2002-1175 advisory
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2002-1175 advisory