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fetchmail-SA-2005-01: security announcement
Topic: remote code injection vulnerability in fetchmail
Author: Matthias Andree
-Version: 1.03
+Version: 1.04
Announced: 2005-07-21
Type: buffer overrun/stack corruption/code injection
Impact: account or system compromise possible through malicious
(other versions have not been checked)
Not affected: fetchmail 6.2.5.2
- fetchmail 6.2.6-pre7
- fetchmail 6.3.0 (not released yet)
+ fetchmail 6.2.5.4
+ fetchmail 6.3.0
Older versions may not have THIS bug, but had been found
to contain other security-relevant bugs.
Corrected: 2005-07-22 01:37 UTC (SVN) - committed bugfix (r4157)
2005-07-22 fetchmail-patch-6.2.5.2 released
2005-07-23 fetchmail-6.2.5.2 tarball released
+ 2005-11-13 fetchmail-6.2.5.4 tarball released
+ 2005-11-30 fetchmail-6.3.0 tarball released
0. Release history
- Add heise security URL.
- Mention release of 6.2.5.2 tarball.
2005-10-27 1.03 - Update CVE Name after CVE naming change
+2005-12-08 1.04 - Mention 6.2.5.4 and 6.3.0 releases "not affected"
+ - remove patch information
1. Background
5. Solution
-Upgrade your fetchmail package to version 6.2.5.2.
-
-You can either download a complete tarball of fetchmail-6.2.5.2.tar.gz,
-or you can download a patch against fetchmail-6.2.5 if you already have
-the 6.2.5 tarball. Either is available from:
+Upgrade your fetchmail package to version 6.3.0 or newer.
<http://developer.berlios.de/project/showfiles.php?group_id=1824>
-To use the patch:
-
- 1. download fetchmail-6.2.5.tar.gz (or retrieve the version you already
- had downloaded) and fetchmail-patch-6.2.5.2.tar.gz
- 2. unpack the tarball: gunzip -c fetchmail-6.2.5.tar.gz | tar xf -
- 3. unpack the patch: gunzip fetchmail-patch-6.2.5.2.gz
- 4. apply the patch: cd fetchmail-6.2.5 ; patch -p1 <../fetchmail-patch-6.2.5.2
- 5. now configure and build as usual - detailed instructions in the file
- named "INSTALL".
-
A. References
fetchmail home page: <http://fetchmail.berlios.de/>
Use the information herein at your own risk.
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