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Slackware 10.1: SSA:2005-203-05 Critical: Fetchmail Stack Overflow

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Calendar Grey July 22, 2005
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Recent fetchmail updates for Slackware address critical stack overflow vulnerabilities posed by harmful POP3 servers. Stay informed with the latest patches and information.
New fetchmail packages are available for Slackware 8.1, 9.0, 9.1, 10.0, 10.1, and -current to fix security issues

Summary

Here are the details from the Slackware 10.1 ChangeLog: patches/packages/fetchmail-6.2.5.2-i486-1.tgz: Upgraded to fetchmail-6.2.5.2. This fixes an overflow by which malicious or compromised POP3 servers may overflow fetchmail's stack. For more information, see: https://www.berlios.de/software/fetchmail/ (* Security fix *)

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Topics Covered

security advisory fetchmail critical Slackware stack overflow POP3 attack

Where Find New Packages

Updated package for Slackware 8.1:
Updated package for Slackware 9.0:
Updated package for Slackware 9.1:
Updated package for Slackware 10.0:
Updated package for Slackware 10.1:
Updated package for Slackware -current:

MD5 Signatures

Slackware 8.1 package: 5c146fba82f2aef039e56336eefdb58a fetchmail-6.2.5.2-i386-1.tgz
Slackware 9.0 package: 3294b7f7bd8e3c87cb9651dc599226de fetchmail-6.2.5.2-i386-1.tgz
Slackware 9.1 package: dfba7d4c4621265cb5ed95ebd7098bad fetchmail-6.2.5.2-i486-1.tgz
Slackware 10.0 package: ec892e656e164089cb7166b81880bd75 fetchmail-6.2.5.2-i486-1.tgz
Slackware 10.1 package: 46cc7c918e9ffaff726f37a4083ec0f9 fetchmail-6.2.5.2-i486-1.tgz
Slackware -current package: a8273535ee8af6f7acad0f9626f4c819 fetchmail-6.2.5.2-i486-1.tgz

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Topics Covered

security advisory fetchmail critical Slackware stack overflow POP3 attack

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Installation Instructions

Installation instructions: Upgrade the package as root: # upgradepkg fetchmail-6.2.5.2-i486-1.tgz