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>> Ubuntu Security Update Fixes Fetchmail Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
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Title : Ubuntu Security Update Fixes Fetchmail Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
VUPEN ID : VUPEN/ADV-2005-1222
CVE ID : CVE-2005-2335
CWE ID : CWE-
Rated as : Moderate Risk 
Remotely Exploitable : Yes
Locally Exploitable : Yes
Release Date : 2005-07-27
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Ubuntu has released a security patch to correct a vulnerability identified in Fetchmail. This flaw is due to a stack overflow error when processing specially crafted UIDL responses from a POP3 server, which could be exploited by remote attackers to compromise a vulnerable system by convincing a user to connect to a malicious POP3 server. For additional information, see : VUPEN/ADV-2005-1171
Affected Products
Ubuntu 4.10
Ubuntu 5.04
Solution
Upgrade the affected package to version 6.2.5-8ubuntu2.1 (for Ubuntu 4.10), or 6.2.5-12ubuntu1.1 (for Ubuntu 5.04).
References
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/1222
http://www.ubuntulinux.org/support/documentation/usn/usn-153-1
ChangeLog
2005-07-27 : Initial release
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