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Gentoo: GLSA-202209-14 Low: Fetchmail Email Disclosure Threat

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Calendar Grey September 25, 2022
Dist Gentoo Esm H88
Gentoo GLSA 202211-03 discusses vulnerabilities in OpenSSH that may lead to unauthorized access for affected parties. Immediate update is advised.
Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Fetchmail, the worst of which could result in email disclosure to third parties.

Summary

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Fetchmail. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.

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Topics Covered

security advisory Gentoo software update Fetchmail low severity risk assessment email disclosure

Resolution

All Fetchmail users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-mail/fetchmail-6.4.22"

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2021-36386 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-36386 [ 2 ] CVE-2021-39272 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-39272

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202209-14
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Concerns

Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at https://bugs.gentoo.org.

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Severity: Low
Title: Fetchmail: Multiple Vulnerabilities
Date: September 25, 2022
Bugs: #810676, #804921
ID: 202209-14

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Topics Covered

security advisory Gentoo software update Fetchmail low severity risk assessment email disclosure

Synopsis

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Fetchmail, the worst of which could result in email disclosure to third parties.

Background

Fetchmail is a remote mail retrieval and forwarding utility.

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Affected Packages

------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 net-mail/fetchmail < 6.4.22 >= 6.4.22

Impact

===== Please review the referenced CVE identifiers for details.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

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