[Frugalware-security] [ FSA-97 ] fetchmail

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Frugalware Security Advisory                           FSA-97

Date: 2007-01-16
Package: fetchmail
Vulnerable versions: <= 6.3.4-1
Unaffected versions: >= 6.3.6-1siwenna1
Related bugreport: http://bugs.frugalware.org/task/1608
CVE: http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-5867
			http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-5974

Description
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A vulnerability and a security issue have been reported in Fetchmail, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to cause a DoS (Denial of Service) and by malicious people to gain knowledge of sensitive information.
1) A NULL pointer dereference error in Fetchmail, when refusing a message that was bound for delivery by a message delivery agent (MDA) via the &quot;mda&quot; option, can be exploited to crash the service.
2) Several errors could lead to the authentication in plain text despite the configured settings, resulting in the possibility of passwords being eavesdropped.

Updated Packages
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Check if you have fetchmail installed:

	# pacman -Q fetchmail

If found, then you should upgrade to the latest version:

	# pacman -Sy fetchmail

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