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Debian DSA-939-1 : fetchmail - programming error

high Nessus Plugin ID 22805

Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.

Description

Daniel Drake discovered a problem in fetchmail, an SSL enabled POP3, APOP, IMAP mail gatherer/forwarder, that can cause a crash when the program is running in multidrop mode and receives messages without headers.

The old stable distribution (woody) does not seem to be affected by this problem.

Solution

Upgrade the fetchmail package.

For the stable distribution (sarge) this problem has been fixed in version 6.2.5-12sarge4.

See Also

http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-939

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 22805

File Name: debian_DSA-939.nasl

Version: 1.17

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 10/14/2006

Updated: 1/4/2021

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:fetchmail, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:3.1

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Patch Publication Date: 1/13/2006

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/19/2005

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2005-4348

DSA: 939