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SSA-2003-300-02 fetchmail security update

Vulnerability Assessment Summary
SSA-2003-300-02 fetchmail security update

Detailed Explanation for this Vulnerability Assessment

Fetchmail is a mail-retrieval and forwarding utility.

Upgraded fetchmail packages are available for Slackware 8.1, 9.0,
9.1, and -current. These fix a vulnerability where a specially
crafted email could crash fetchmail, preventing the user from
downloading or forwarding their email.

More details about this issue may be found in the Common
Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) database:

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

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

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