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SSA-2005-203-05 fetchmail

Vulnerability Assessment Summary
SSA-2005-203-05 fetchmail

Detailed Explanation for this Vulnerability Assessment

New fetchmail packages are available for Slackware 8.1, 9.0, 9.1, 10.0,
10.1, and -current to fix security issues. Connecting to a malicious or
compromised POP3 server may overflow fetchmail's stack causing a crash
or the execution of arbitrary code.

For more information about this issue, see:
http://fetchmail.berlios.de/fetchmail-SA-2005-01.txt

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Vulnerability Assessment Copyright: This script is Copyright (C) 2005 Michel Arboi

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