Date: 16 Oct 2003 23:20:04 -0000
From: Mandrake Linux Security Team <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]Subject: MDKSA-2003:101 - Updated fetchmail packages fix DoS vulnerability
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Mandrake Linux Security Update Advisory
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Package name: fetchmail
Advisory ID: MDKSA-2003:101
Date: October 16th, 2003
Affected versions: 9.2
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Problem Description:
A bug was discovered in fetchmail 6.2.4 where a specially crafted email
message can cause fetchmail to crash.
Thanks to Nalin Dahyabhai of Red Hat for providing the patch to fix the
problem.
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References:
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2003-0792
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Updated Packages:
Mandrake Linux 9.2:
dd646a83757489802124ca4bf4dd63bc 9.2/RPMS/fetchmail-6.2.4-1.1.92mdk.i586.rpm
b392ca0bc882f1feb4c6715877699569 9.2/RPMS/fetchmail-daemon-6.2.4-1.1.92mdk.i586.rpm
177f90a7b7678b543ee00e079d939582 9.2/RPMS/fetchmailconf-6.2.4-1.1.92mdk.i586.rpm
25609ce4f4453faa82fd0bc7234df884 9.2/SRPMS/fetchmail-6.2.4-1.1.92mdk.src.rpm
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Bug IDs fixed (see https://qa.mandrakesoft.com for more information):
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