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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 >> [DSA774] DSA-774-1 fetchmail Vulnerability Assessment Details
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[DSA774] DSA-774-1 fetchmail |
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DSA-774-1 fetchmail Detailed Explanation for this Vulnerability Assessment Edward Shornock discovered a bug in the UIDL handling code of fetchmail, a common POP3, APOP and IMAP mail fetching utility. A malicious POP3 server could exploit this problem and inject arbitrary code that will be executed on the victim host. If fetchmail is running as root, this becomes a root exploit. The old stable distribution (woody) is not affected by this problem. For the stable distribution (sarge) this problem has been fixed in version 6.2.5-12sarge1. For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem has been fixed in version 6.2.5-16. We recommend that you upgrade your fetchmail package. Solution : http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-774 Network Security Threat Level: High Networks Security ID: 14349 Vulnerability Assessment Copyright: This script is (C) 2007 Michel Arboi |
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