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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.64816
Category:Fedora Local Security Checks
Title:Fedora Core 11 FEDORA-2009-8780 (fetchmail)
Summary:The remote host is missing an update to fetchmail;announced via advisory FEDORA-2009-8780.;Note: This VT has been deprecated and is therefore no longer functional.
Description:Summary:
The remote host is missing an update to fetchmail
announced via advisory FEDORA-2009-8780.
Note: This VT has been deprecated and is therefore no longer functional.

Vulnerability Insight:
Update Information:

If fetchmail is running in daemon mode, it must be restarted for this update to
take effect (use the fetchmail --quit command to stop the fetchmail process).

ChangeLog:

* Wed Aug 19 2009 Vitezslav Crhonek - 6.3.9-5

- Fix SSL null terminator bypass (CVE-2009-2666)

* Tue Jun 9 2009 Adam Jackson 6.3.9-4

- Rebuild to get rid of libkrb4 dependency.

Solution:
Apply the appropriate updates.

This update can be installed with the yum update program. Use
su -c 'yum update fetchmail' at the command line.

CVSS Score:
6.4

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

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2009-2666
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Nov/msg00000.html
BugTraq ID: 35951
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35951
Bugtraq: 20090806 fetchmail security announcement fetchmail-SA-2009-01 (CVE-2009-2666) (Google Search)
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/505530/100/0/threaded
Debian Security Information: DSA-1852 (Google Search)
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1852
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:201
http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=124949601207156&w=2
http://osvdb.org/56855
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11059
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022679
http://secunia.com/advisories/36175
http://secunia.com/advisories/36179
http://secunia.com/advisories/36236
http://www.slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2009&m=slackware-security.543463
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2155
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3184
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