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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.59704
Category:Fedora Local Security Checks
Title:Fedora Core 7 FEDORA-2007-1983 (fetchmail)
Summary:NOSUMMARY
Description:Description:

The remote host is missing an update to fetchmail
announced via advisory FEDORA-2007-1983.

Fetchmail is a remote mail retrieval and forwarding utility intended
for use over on-demand TCP/IP links, like SLIP or PPP connections.
Fetchmail supports every remote-mail protocol currently in use on the
Internet (POP2, POP3, RPOP, APOP, KPOP, all IMAPs, ESMTP ETRN, IPv6,
and IPSEC) for retrieval. Then Fetchmail forwards the mail through
SMTP so you can read it through your favorite mail client.

Install fetchmail if you need to retrieve mail over SLIP or PPP
connections.

ChangeLog:

* Mon Sep 3 2007 Vitezslav Crhonek - 6.3.7-2
- Fix license
- Fix fetchmail NULL pointer dereference (CVE-2007-4565)
Resolves: #260861
References:

[ 1 ] Bug #260861
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=260861
[ 2 ] CVE-2007-4565
http://www.cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-4565
Updated packages:

9c13de5c295c8332646586f33d6f4f42a5be58b9 fetchmail-debuginfo-6.3.7-2.fc7.ppc64.rpm
4c72297f3d658e4c863471628e67f196b3b24c47 fetchmail-6.3.7-2.fc7.ppc64.rpm
22cbcfc665490a6a0cf59fcdd5cb119ff0f0fead fetchmail-debuginfo-6.3.7-2.fc7.i386.rpm
a2bad7e2afc8e394a9f24869a68f5b5aa4132f99 fetchmail-6.3.7-2.fc7.i386.rpm
1509a06d524e72ea7e73a4d2981cbc5c94e01c3f fetchmail-debuginfo-6.3.7-2.fc7.x86_64.rpm
d82a151341886040feb8ab64a9d7ff4413985924 fetchmail-6.3.7-2.fc7.x86_64.rpm
1cffd7b2aa63d940cbfe6f16fda6c3f08d3ca6d6 fetchmail-6.3.7-2.fc7.ppc.rpm
a6b8315da35610c94ec9f860b5fb6d124197ae90 fetchmail-debuginfo-6.3.7-2.fc7.ppc.rpm
67b78d7b97c9213792c20eacc309d0cefa664f72 fetchmail-6.3.7-2.fc7.src.rpm

This update can be installed with the 'yum' update program. Use 'yum update
package-name' at the command line. For more information, refer to 'Managing
Software with yum,' available at http://docs.fedoraproject.org/yum/.

Solution: Apply the appropriate updates.

http://www.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=FEDORA-2007-1983

Risk factor : Medium

CVSS Score:
5.0

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2007-4565
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Feb/msg00000.html
BugTraq ID: 25495
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25495
Bugtraq: 20070907 FLEA-2007-0053-1 fetchmail (Google Search)
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/478798/100/0/threaded
Bugtraq: 20080617 fetchmail security announcement fetchmail-SA-2007-02 (CVE-2007-4565) (Google Search)
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/493388/100/0/threaded
Debian Security Information: DSA-1377 (Google Search)
http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1377
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:179
http://osvdb.org/45833
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10528
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018627
http://secunia.com/advisories/27399
http://secunia.com/advisories/33937
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3074
SuSE Security Announcement: SUSE-SR:2007:022 (Google Search)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2007-10/msg00008.html
http://www.trustix.org/errata/2007/0028/
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-520-1
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3032
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0422
XForce ISS Database: fetchmail-warning-dos(36385)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/36385
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