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If through a vulnerability assessment, a network security issue is detected for the vulnerability below, applying the appropriate security patches in a timely matter is very important. If you have detected that your system has already been compromised, following CERT's Network Security recovery document will assist with recommended steps for system recovery. Home >> Browse Vulnerability Assessment Database >> Debian Local Security Checks >> [DSA171] DSA-171-1 fetchmail Vulnerability Assessment Details
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[DSA171] DSA-171-1 fetchmail |
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DSA-171-1 fetchmail Detailed Explanation for this Vulnerability Assessment Stefan Esser discovered several buffer overflows and a broken boundary check within fetchmail. If fetchmail is running in multidrop mode these flaws can be used by remote attackers to crash it or to execute arbitrary code under the user id of the user running fetchmail. Depending on the configuration this even permits a remote root compromise. These problems have been fixed in version 5.9.11-6.1 for both fetchmail and fetchmail-ssl for the current stable distribution (woody), in version 5.3.3-4.2 for fetchmail for the old stable distribution (potato) and in version 6.1.0-1 for both fetchmail and fetchmail-ssl for the unstable distribution (sid). There are no fetchmail-ssl packages for the old stable distribution (potato) and thus no updates. We recommend that you upgrade your fetchmail packages immediately. Solution : http://www.debian.org/security/2002/dsa-171 Network Security Threat Level: High Networks Security ID: 5825, 5826, 5827 Vulnerability Assessment Copyright: This script is (C) 2005 Michel Arboi |
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