Secunia Security Advisory - Gentoo 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 by malicious people to gain knowledge of sensitive information.
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TITLE:
Gentoo update for fetchmail
SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA23838
VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/23838/
CRITICAL:
Less critical
IMPACT:
Exposure of sensitive information, DoS
WHERE:
>From local network
OPERATING SYSTEM:
Gentoo Linux 1.x
http://secunia.com/product/339/
DESCRIPTION:
Gentoo 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 by malicious people to gain
knowledge of sensitive information.
For more information:
SA23631
SOLUTION:
Update to "net-mail/fetchmail-6.3.6" or later.
ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200701-13.xml
OTHER REFERENCES:
SA23631:
http://secunia.com/advisories/23631/
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