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Ubuntu update for fetchmail Advisory Available in Danish 

Secunia Advisory: SA17495  
Release Date: 2005-11-09

Critical:
Less critical
Impact: Exposure of sensitive information
Where: Local system
Solution Status: Vendor Patch

OS:Ubuntu Linux 4.10
Ubuntu Linux 5.04


CVE reference:CVE-2005-3088 (Secunia mirror)

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Description:
Ubuntu has issued an update for fetchmail. This fixes a vulnerability, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to gain knowledge of certain sensitive information.

For more information:
SA17293

Solution:
Apply updated packages.

-- Ubuntu 4.10 (Warty Warthog) --

Source archives:

http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/poo...il/fetchmail_6.2.5-8ubuntu2.2.diff.gz
Size/MD5: 136476 6065936c288a0b5ce3e241fc3cf98e29
http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/poo...chmail/fetchmail_6.2.5-8ubuntu2.2.dsc
Size/MD5: 639 c711ee2923a6a4f31ed4fe684890061c
http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/poo...fetchmail/fetchmail_6.2.5.orig.tar.gz
Size/MD5: 1257376 9956b30139edaa4f5f77c4d0dbd80225

Architecture independent packages:

http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/poo...etchmailconf_6.2.5-8ubuntu2.2_all.deb
Size/MD5: 101584 5c4d3bd84b6a6f404dbb54cc0be4cbd6

amd64 architecture (Athlon64, Opteron, EM64T Xeon)

http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/poo.../fetchmail_6.2.5-8ubuntu2.2_amd64.deb
Size/MD5: 555668 9a1de14c3323d91e24ec1108e05d6a99

i386 architecture (x86 compatible Intel/AMD)

http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/poo...l/fetchmail_6.2.5-8ubuntu2.2_i386.deb
Size/MD5: 546280 7472cd0c9bfd7720a35af726865d23d3

powerpc architecture (Apple Macintosh G3/G4/G5)

http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/poo...etchmail_6.2.5-8ubuntu2.2_powerpc.deb
Size/MD5: 556084 58ea16a77d08f2fbd721ecdae122539a

-- Ubuntu 5.04 (Hoary Hedgehog) --

Source archives:

http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/poo...l/fetchmail_6.2.5-12ubuntu1.2.diff.gz
Size/MD5: 150532 5407f7b7f814dbcb9d0c6c28d01f70f8
http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/poo...hmail/fetchmail_6.2.5-12ubuntu1.2.dsc
Size/MD5: 656 f1a4cab136fc5d2455d5ddec6dfb3e2a
http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/poo...fetchmail/fetchmail_6.2.5.orig.tar.gz
Size/MD5: 1257376 9956b30139edaa4f5f77c4d0dbd80225

Architecture independent packages:

http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/poo...tchmail-ssl_6.2.5-12ubuntu1.2_all.deb
Size/MD5: 42350 90a3bb16d09d454321014010b4e6b4da
http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/poo...tchmailconf_6.2.5-12ubuntu1.2_all.deb
Size/MD5: 101404 36148260f291326228eaff1185b7133c

amd64 architecture (Athlon64, Opteron, EM64T Xeon)

http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/poo...fetchmail_6.2.5-12ubuntu1.2_amd64.deb
Size/MD5: 296894 501b55647d5a7b527d1b11fa8454d7ed

i386 architecture (x86 compatible Intel/AMD)

http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/poo.../fetchmail_6.2.5-12ubuntu1.2_i386.deb
Size/MD5: 286176 5e35d166c8a76ba3b20af6d33a2f5dd4

powerpc architecture (Apple Macintosh G3/G4/G5)

http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/poo...tchmail_6.2.5-12ubuntu1.2_powerpc.deb
Size/MD5: 296206 c4c08a4fef2ccb91dd92407f9d714f83

Original Advisory:
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-215-1

Other References:
SA17293:
http://secunia.com/advisories/17293/



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