bugtraq - MDKSA-2003:101 - Updated fetchmail packages fix DoS vulnerability

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Message-ID: <20031016232004.2528.qmail@updates.mandrakesoft.com>
Date: 16 Oct 2003 23:20:04 -0000
From: Mandrake Linux Security Team <security@...ux-mandrake.com>
To: bugtraq@...urityfocus.com
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
________________________________________________________________________

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.
________________________________________________________________________

References:

  http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2003-0792
________________________________________________________________________

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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