Mandrake alert: Updated fetchmail packages fix remote exploit vulnerability

Posted by dave on Jan 27, 2003 2:37 PM EDT
Mailing list
Mail this story
Print this story

A vulnerability was discovered in all versions of fetchmail prior to 6.2.0 that allows a remote attacker to crash fetchmail and potentially execute arbitrary code by sending carefully crafted email wihch is then parsed by fetchmail. The vulnerability has been fixed in these patched packages of fetchmail.

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----
Hash: SHA1

________________________________________________________________________

Mandrake Linux Security Update Advisory ________________________________________________________________________

Package name: fetchmail Advisory ID: MDKSA-2003:011 Date: January 27th, 2003

Affected versions: 7.2, 8.0, 8.1, 8.2, 9.0, Single Network Firewall 7.2 ________________________________________________________________________

Problem Description:

A vulnerability was discovered in all versions of fetchmail prior to 6.2.0 that allows a remote attacker to crash fetchmail and potentially execute arbitrary code by sending carefully crafted email wihch is then parsed by fetchmail. The vulnerability has been fixed in these patched packages of fetchmail. ________________________________________________________________________

References: http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2002-1365 http://security.e-matters.de/advisories/052002.html ________________________________________________________________________

Updated Packages: Linux-Mandrake 7.2: 09b09cfc1201855f7054b4a1220eb0ac 7.2/RPMS/fetchmail-6.1.0-1.1mdk.i586.rpm 55d00ec08f33259a9e5d53547d96cdef 7.2/RPMS/fetchmail-daemon-6.1.0-1.1mdk.i586.rpm e8692ed27f42565d8da8f2cf473be549 7.2/RPMS/fetchmailconf-6.1.0-1.1mdk.i586.rpm dc7f71e43fb30f75ee528248e98fa79e 7.2/SRPMS/fetchmail-6.1.0-1.1mdk.src.rpm

Mandrake Linux 8.0: 30e487512f193b71028f179d6bbb3bc6 8.0/RPMS/fetchmail-6.1.0-1.1mdk.i586.rpm 47d08cab20307e381421bb5570b5164e 8.0/RPMS/fetchmail-daemon-6.1.0-1.1mdk.i586.rpm dc6f30643789abf9b73253711e4e8970 8.0/RPMS/fetchmailconf-6.1.0-1.1mdk.i586.rpm dc7f71e43fb30f75ee528248e98fa79e 8.0/SRPMS/fetchmail-6.1.0-1.1mdk.src.rpm

Mandrake Linux 8.0/PPC: eb00506275596e2918cf7981abfa065b ppc/8.0/RPMS/fetchmail-6.1.0-1.1mdk.ppc.rpm 22349788a64db2029a5f3f7530b1b821 ppc/8.0/RPMS/fetchmail-daemon-6.1.0-1.1mdk.ppc.rpm fbaa4b85c3c7dc56b40ca211eca60762 ppc/8.0/RPMS/fetchmailconf-6.1.0-1.1mdk.ppc.rpm dc7f71e43fb30f75ee528248e98fa79e ppc/8.0/SRPMS/fetchmail-6.1.0-1.1mdk.src.rpm

Mandrake Linux 8.1: daca21fc52493d1137741c65ba095a69 8.1/RPMS/fetchmail-6.1.0-1.1mdk.i586.rpm 82d822a517f40ee3fe55cdbd55f113cc 8.1/RPMS/fetchmail-daemon-6.1.0-1.1mdk.i586.rpm 0ee01bd3d00b4bc2c77280d0a47ab606 8.1/RPMS/fetchmailconf-6.1.0-1.1mdk.i586.rpm dc7f71e43fb30f75ee528248e98fa79e 8.1/SRPMS/fetchmail-6.1.0-1.1mdk.src.rpm

Mandrake Linux 8.1/IA64: da314f2e2e2155291d008cedabf742df ia64/8.1/RPMS/fetchmail-6.1.0-1.1mdk.ia64.rpm 04eacceb0e19945292c4230a3134ebfa ia64/8.1/RPMS/fetchmail-daemon-6.1.0-1.1mdk.ia64.rpm 689127d42916516e1fb2dfa518fb54ed ia64/8.1/RPMS/fetchmailconf-6.1.0-1.1mdk.ia64.rpm dc7f71e43fb30f75ee528248e98fa79e ia64/8.1/SRPMS/fetchmail-6.1.0-1.1mdk.src.rpm

Mandrake Linux 8.2: eb12f9ca8e39d0d39766651620fb9f6c 8.2/RPMS/fetchmail-6.1.0-1.1mdk.i586.rpm 19500ee98ef039fd1756eee0665d0316 8.2/RPMS/fetchmail-daemon-6.1.0-1.1mdk.i586.rpm 45155b86ff86c81dfdcaa4df143ae296 8.2/RPMS/fetchmailconf-6.1.0-1.1mdk.i586.rpm dc7f71e43fb30f75ee528248e98fa79e 8.2/SRPMS/fetchmail-6.1.0-1.1mdk.src.rpm

Mandrake Linux 8.2/PPC: a76d42428ce53c6167a9d34b542e726f ppc/8.2/RPMS/fetchmail-6.1.0-1.1mdk.ppc.rpm 31d22b48b55fbb69b473e45f75b96f68 ppc/8.2/RPMS/fetchmail-daemon-6.1.0-1.1mdk.ppc.rpm 9a1c7d26efd563c4612b8c92492a4e18 ppc/8.2/RPMS/fetchmailconf-6.1.0-1.1mdk.ppc.rpm dc7f71e43fb30f75ee528248e98fa79e ppc/8.2/SRPMS/fetchmail-6.1.0-1.1mdk.src.rpm

Mandrake Linux 9.0: 0241b816670a5c34c5ac83a6f12caae5 9.0/RPMS/fetchmail-6.1.0-1.1mdk.i586.rpm cac767e27d2c40602276998a7caf8598 9.0/RPMS/fetchmail-daemon-6.1.0-1.1mdk.i586.rpm 4f73e40b76887ebf2aa532cf00fd95e8 9.0/RPMS/fetchmailconf-6.1.0-1.1mdk.i586.rpm dc7f71e43fb30f75ee528248e98fa79e 9.0/SRPMS/fetchmail-6.1.0-1.1mdk.src.rpm

Single Network Firewall 7.2: 09b09cfc1201855f7054b4a1220eb0ac snf7.2/RPMS/fetchmail-6.1.0-1.1mdk.i586.rpm 55d00ec08f33259a9e5d53547d96cdef snf7.2/RPMS/fetchmail-daemon-6.1.0-1.1mdk.i586.rpm e8692ed27f42565d8da8f2cf473be549 snf7.2/RPMS/fetchmailconf-6.1.0-1.1mdk.i586.rpm dc7f71e43fb30f75ee528248e98fa79e snf7.2/SRPMS/fetchmail-6.1.0-1.1mdk.src.rpm ________________________________________________________________________

Bug IDs fixed (see https://qa.mandrakesoft.com for more information): ________________________________________________________________________

To upgrade automatically, use MandrakeUpdate. The verification of md5 checksums and GPG signatures is performed automatically for you.

If you want to upgrade manually, download the updated package from one of our FTP server mirrors and upgrade with "rpm -Fvh *.rpm". A list of FTP mirrors can be obtained from:

http://www.mandrakesecure.net/en/ftp.php

Please verify the update prior to upgrading to ensure the integrity of the downloaded package. You can do this with the command:

rpm --checksig <filename>

All packages are signed by MandrakeSoft for security. You can obtain the GPG public key of the Mandrake Linux Security Team from:

https://www.mandrakesecure.net/RPM-GPG-KEYS

Please be aware that sometimes it takes the mirrors a few hours to update.

You can view other update advisories for Mandrake Linux at:

http://www.mandrakesecure.net/en/advisories/

MandrakeSoft has several security-related mailing list services that anyone can subscribe to. Information on these lists can be obtained by visiting:

http://www.mandrakesecure.net/en/mlist.php

If you want to report vulnerabilities, please contact

security_linux-mandrake.com

Type Bits/KeyID Date User ID pub 1024D/22458A98 2000-07-10 Linux Mandrake Security Team <security linux-mandrake.com>

- -----BEGIN PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.7 (GNU/Linux)

mQGiBDlp594RBAC2tDozI3ZgQsE7XwxurJCJrX0L5vx7SDByR5GHDdWekGhdiday L4nfUax+SeR9SCoCgTgPW1xB8vtQc8/sinJlMjp9197a2iKM0FOcPlkpa3HcOdt7 WKJqQhlMrHvRcsivzcgqjH44GBBJIT6sygUF8k0lU6YnMHj5MPc/NGWt8wCg9vKo P0l5QVAFSsHtqcU9W8cc7wMEAJzQsAlnvPXDBfBLEH6u7ptWFdp0GvbSuG2wRaPl hynHvRiE01ZvwbJZXsPsKm1z7uVoW+NknKLunWKB5axrNXDHxCYJBzY3jTeFjsqx PFZkIEAQphLTkeXXelAjQ5u9tEshPswEtMvJvUgNiAfbzHfPYmq8D6x5xOw1IySg 2e/LBACxr2UJYCCB2BZ3p508mAB0RpuLGukq+7UWiOizy+kSskIBg2O7sQkVY/Cs iyGEo4XvXqZFMY39RBdfm2GY+WB/5NFiTOYJRKjfprP6K1YbtsmctsX8dG+foKsD LLFs7OuVfaydLQYp1iiN6D+LJDSMPM8/LCWzZsgr9EKJ8NXiyrQ6TGludXggTWFu ZHJha2UgU2VjdXJpdHkgVGVhbSA8c2VjdXJpdHlAbGludXgtbWFuZHJha2UuY29t PohWBBMRAgAWBQI5aefeBAsKBAMDFQMCAxYCAQIXgAAKCRCaqNDQIkWKmK6LAKCy /NInDsaMSI+WHwrquwC5PZrcnQCeI+v3gUDsNfQfiKBvQSANu1hdulqIRgQQEQIA BgUCOtNVGQAKCRBZ5w3um0pAJJWQAKDUoL5He+mKbfrMaTuyU5lmRyJ0fwCgoFAP WdvQlu/kFjphF740XeOwtOqIRgQQEQIABgUCOu8A6QAKCRBynDnb9lq3CnpjAJ4w Pk0SEE9U4r40IxWpwLU+wrWVugCdFfSPllPpZRCiaC7HwbFcfExRmPaIRgQQEQIA BgUCPI+UAwAKCRDniYrgcHcf8xK5AKCm/Mq8qP8GE0o1hEX22QsJMZwH5gCfZ72H 8TacOb3oAmBdprf+K6gkdOiIRgQQEQIABgUCOtOieAAKCRCv2bZyU0yB80MeAJ9K +jXt0cKuaUonRU+CRGetk6t9dgCfTRRL6/puOKdD6md70+K5EBBSvsG0OE1hbmRy YWtlIExpbnV4IFNlY3VyaXR5IFRlYW0gPHNlY3VyaXR5QG1hbmRyYWtlc29mdC5j b20+iFcEExECABcFAjyPnuUFCwcKAwQDFQMCAxYCAQIXgAAKCRCaqNDQIkWKmFi+ AJsHhohgnU3ik4+gy3EdFlB2i/MBoACg6lHn5cnVvTcmgNccWxeNxLLZI5e5AQ0E OWnn7xAEAOQlTVY4TiNo5V/iP0J1xnqjqlqZsU7yEBKo/gZz6/+hx75RURe1ebiJ 9F779FQbpJ9Epz1KLSXvq974rnVb813zuGdmgFyk+ryA/rTR2RQ8h+EoNkwmATzR xBXVJb57fFQjxOu4eNjZAtfII/YXb0uyXXrdr5dlJ/3eXrcO4p0XAAMFBACCxo6Z 269s+A4v8C6Ui12aarOQcCDlV8cVG9LkyatU3FNTlnasqwo6EkaP572448weJWwN 6SCXVl+xOYLiK0hL/6Jb/O9Agw75yUVdk+RMM2I4fNEi+y4hmfMh2siBv8yEkEvZ jTcl3TpkTfzYky85tu433wmKaLFOv0WjBFSikohGBBgRAgAGBQI5aefvAAoJEJqo 0NAiRYqYid0AoJgeWzXrEdIClBOSW5Q6FzqJJyaqAKC0Y9YI3UFlE4zSIGjcFlLJ EJGXlA== =yGlX - -----END PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK-----

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.7 (GNU/Linux)

iD8DBQE+Nb8zmqjQ0CJFipgRAvPZAJ4yuweKoJmuMQYaOk8tEw5iSgIJ0QCgv3mP rh/toO8JBZa9sLF2hABJyJQ= =9ZJa -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

  Nav
» Read more about: Story Type: Security; Groups: Mandriva

« Return to the newswire homepage

This topic does not have any threads posted yet!

You cannot post until you login.