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HIGH

security flaw

Published Sep 1, 2004

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in Fetchmail 6.1.3 and earlier does not account for the "@" character when determining buffer lengths for local addresses, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a header with a large number of local addresses.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

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Change history (0)

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Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Sep 1, 2004
Updated Aug 8, 2024
Reserved Dec 16, 2002
NVD
Status Modified
Modified Jun 16, 2026
Red Hat
Severity Critical
Public date Dec 13, 2002