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openSUSE: fetchmail Moderate DoS Fix CVE-2025-61962 SUSE-SU-2025:3845-1

opensuse
Calendar Grey October 28, 2025
Dist Opensuse Esm H88
Update for fetchmail addresses a moderate denial of service issue with CVE-2025-61962 in openSUSE distributions.
An update that solves one vulnerability can now be installed.

Description

This update for fetchmail fixes the following issues:

* CVE-2025-61962: fixed a denial of service condition (bsc#1251194)

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security advisory moderate denial of service fetchmail OpenSUSE cve-2025-61962

Patch

## Patch Instructions:

To install this SUSE update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like

YaST online_update or "zypper patch".

Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

* openSUSE Leap 15.6

zypper in -t patch SUSE-2025-3845=1 openSUSE-SLE-15.6-2025-3845=1

* Basesystem Module 15-SP6

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Basesystem-15-SP6-2025-3845=1

* Basesystem Module 15-SP7

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Basesystem-15-SP7-2025-3845=1

* Desktop Applications Module 15-SP6

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Desktop-Applications-15-SP6-2025-3845=1

* Desktop Applications Module 15-SP7

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Desktop-Applications-15-SP7-2025-3845=1

Package List

* openSUSE Leap 15.6 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64 i586)

* fetchmail-debugsource-6.4.22-150600.35.3.1

* fetchmail-debuginfo-6.4.22-150600.35.3.1

* fetchmailconf-6.4.22-150600.35.3.1

* fetchmail-6.4.22-150600.35.3.1

* Basesystem Module 15-SP6 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)

* fetchmail-debugsource-6.4.22-150600.35.3.1

* fetchmail-debuginfo-6.4.22-150600.35.3.1

* fetchmail-6.4.22-150600.35.3.1

* Basesystem Module 15-SP7 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)

* fetchmail-debugsource-6.4.22-150600.35.3.1

* fetchmail-debuginfo-6.4.22-150600.35.3.1

* fetchmail-6.4.22-150600.35.3.1

* Desktop Applications Module 15-SP6 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)

* fetchmail-debugsource-6.4.22-150600.35.3.1

* fetchmail-debuginfo-6.4.22-150600.35.3.1

* fetchmailconf-6.4.22-150600.35.3.1

* Desktop Applications Module 15-SP7 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)

* fetchmail-debugsource-6.4.22-150600.35.3.1

* fetchmail-debuginfo-6.4.22-150600.35.3.1

* fetchmailconf-6.4.22-150600.35.3.1

References

* bsc#1251194

## References:

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-61962.html

* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1251194

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2025:3845-1
Release Date: 2025-10-28T16:43:04Z
Affected Products: * Basesystem Module 15-SP6 * Basesystem Module 15-SP7 * Desktop Applications Module 15-SP6 * Desktop Applications Module 15-SP7 * openSUSE Leap 15.6 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP6 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP7 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP6 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP7 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP6 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP7 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP6 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP7

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security advisory moderate denial of service fetchmail OpenSUSE cve-2025-61962

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