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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.50756
Category:Mandrake Local Security Checks
Title:Mandrake Security Advisory MDKSA-2003:101 (fetchmail)
Summary:NOSUMMARY
Description:Description:

The remote host is missing an update to fetchmail
announced via advisory MDKSA-2003:101.

A bug was discovered in fetchmail 6.2.4 where a specially crafted email
message can cause fetchmail to crash.

Thanks to Nalin Dahyabhai of Red Hat for providing the patch to fix the
problem.

Affected versions: 9.2

Solution:
To upgrade automatically use MandrakeUpdate or urpmi. The verification
of md5 checksums and GPG signatures is performed automatically for you.

http://www.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=MDKSA-2003:101
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2003-0792

Risk factor : Medium

CVSS Score:
5.0

Cross-Ref: BugTraq ID: 8843
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2003-0792
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/8843
Bugtraq: 20040220 LNSA-#2004-0002: Fetchmail 6.2.4 and earlier remote denial of service (Google Search)
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=107731542827401&w=2
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200403-10.xml
Immunix Linux Advisory: IMNX-2003-7+-023-01
http://www.securityfocus.com/advisories/5987
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2003:101
SCO Security Bulletin: CSSA-2004-004.0
ftp://ftp.sco.com/pub/updates/OpenLinux/3.1.1/Server/CSSA-2004-004.0/CSSA-2004-004.0.txt
TurboLinux Advisory: TLSA-2003-61
http://www.turbolinux.com/security/TLSA-2003-61.txt
XForce ISS Database: fetchmail-email-dos(13450)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/13450
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