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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.55908
Category:Debian Local Security Checks
Title:Debian: Security Advisory (DSA-900-3)
Summary:The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'fetchmail, fetchmail-ssl' package(s) announced via the DSA-900-3 advisory.
Description:Summary:
The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'fetchmail, fetchmail-ssl' package(s) announced via the DSA-900-3 advisory.

Vulnerability Insight:
Due to restrictive dependency definition for fetchmail-ssl the updated fetchmailconf package couldn't be installed on the old stable distribution (woody) together with fetchmail-ssl. Hence, this update loosens it, so that the update can be pulled in. For completeness we're including the original advisory text:

Thomas Wolff discovered that the fetchmailconf program which is provided as part of fetchmail, an SSL enabled POP3, APOP, IMAP mail gatherer/forwarder, creates the new configuration in an insecure fashion that can lead to leaking passwords for mail accounts to local users.

This update also fixes a regression in the package for stable caused by the last security update.

For the old stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in version 5.9.11-6.4 of fetchmail and in version 5.9.11-6.3 of fetchmail-ssl.

For the stable distribution (sarge) this problem has been fixed in version 6.2.5-12sarge3.

For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem has been fixed in version 6.2.5.4-1.

We recommend that you upgrade your fetchmail package.

Affected Software/OS:
'fetchmail, fetchmail-ssl' package(s) on Debian 3.0, Debian 3.1.

Solution:
Please install the updated package(s).

CVSS Score:
2.1

CVSS Vector:
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2005-3088
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2006//Aug/msg00000.html
BugTraq ID: 15179
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15179
BugTraq ID: 19289
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19289
Bugtraq: 20051027 fetchmail security announcement 2005-02 (CVE-2005-3088) (Google Search)
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=113042785902031&w=2
Cert/CC Advisory: TA06-214A
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-214A.html
Debian Security Information: DSA-900 (Google Search)
http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-900
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200511-06.xml
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:209
http://www.osvdb.org/20267
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-823.html
http://securitytracker.com/id?1015114
http://secunia.com/advisories/17293
http://secunia.com/advisories/17349
http://secunia.com/advisories/17446
http://secunia.com/advisories/17491
http://secunia.com/advisories/17495
http://secunia.com/advisories/17631
http://secunia.com/advisories/18895
http://secunia.com/advisories/21253
http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2006&m=slackware-security.443499
https://usn.ubuntu.com/215-1/
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/2182
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3101
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