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FreeBSD : fetchmail -- address parsing vulnerability (af0296be-2455-11d8-82e5-0020ed76ef5a)

high Nessus Plugin ID 36402

Synopsis

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

Description

Fetchmail can be crashed by a malicious email message.

Solution

Update the affected package.

See Also

https://www.e-matters.de/unternehmen/news/security-advisory-05_2002

http://www.nessus.org/u?7b861473

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 36402

File Name: freebsd_pkg_af0296be245511d882e50020ed76ef5a.nasl

Version: 1.13

Type: local

Published: 4/23/2009

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:fetchmail, cpe:/o:freebsd:freebsd

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/FreeBSD/release, Host/FreeBSD/pkg_info

Patch Publication Date: 10/25/2003

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/25/2003