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Fedora update for fetchmail
Secunia Advisory: SA23804
Release Date: 2007-01-17
Popularity: 5,663 views

Critical:
Less critical
Impact: Exposure of sensitive information
DoS
Where: From local network
Solution Status: Vendor Patch

OS:Fedora Core 5
Fedora Core 6

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CVE reference:CVE-2006-5867
CVE-2006-5974


Description:
Fedora has issued an update for fetchmail. This fixes a vulnerability and a security issue, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to cause a DoS (Denial of Service) and malicious people to gain knowledge of sensitive information.

For more information:
SA23631

Solution:
Apply updated packages.

-- Fedora Core 5 --

e9c1703b881155f799d839797cb55d7322680772 SRPMS/fetchmail-6.3.6-1.fc5.src.rpm
e9c1703b881155f799d839797cb55d7322680772 noarch/fetchmail-6.3.6-1.fc5.src.rpm
0282df3a830034ba9db6d33bf89472d3670c4b26 ppc/fetchmail-6.3.6-1.fc5.ppc.rpm
29e788a6de9e0c86563d0293f379d36ffba52660 ppc/debug/fetchmail-debuginfo-6.3.6-1.fc5.ppc.rpm
39947bd8fcff2f4d8ecb74926d30cc99afa897bf x86_64/debug/fetchmail-debuginfo-6.3.6-1.fc5.x86_64.rpm
571c75f756a82bc201c63098492c53c81f6f9226 x86_64/fetchmail-6.3.6-1.fc5.x86_64.rpm
b5f04d034eaf6c0940f1414820aa1f14beb199f8 i386/debug/fetchmail-debuginfo-6.3.6-1.fc5.i386.rpm
d2b9dc51f18095720ff007c8bd24a4c8988eebf6 i386/fetchmail-6.3.6-1.fc5.i386.rpm

-- Fedora Core 6 --

d5d7bebc3476a174ae1b3a36e31b2e84a25efa19 SRPMS/fetchmail-6.3.6-1.fc6.src.rpm
d5d7bebc3476a174ae1b3a36e31b2e84a25efa19 noarch/fetchmail-6.3.6-1.fc6.src.rpm
36fd1993cb074e0060d94df48bd9b8a7c9af9b6a ppc/fetchmail-6.3.6-1.fc6.ppc.rpm
aa879045f673cbfabeb3273893d1d0fa557e0b99 ppc/debug/fetchmail-debuginfo-6.3.6-1.fc6.ppc.rpm
074dcbf06be93dd95f82a35b5a16fcf8ac0c1967 x86_64/debug/fetchmail-debuginfo-6.3.6-1.fc6.x86_64.rpm
455a9ca94841446549fb88c3ada38c3b0da998df x86_64/fetchmail-6.3.6-1.fc6.x86_64.rpm
bddfc25846957e5c4448e3fec2be8920a2965baf i386/debug/fetchmail-debuginfo-6.3.6-1.fc6.i386.rpm
4482d10b2c4904bbeac01c12601e7e265681375c i386/fetchmail-6.3.6-1.fc6.i386.rpm

Original Advisory:
http://fedoranews.org/cms/node/2429
http://fedoranews.org/cms/node/2430

Other References:
SA23631:
http://secunia.com/advisories/23631/


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