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>> Debian Security Update Fixes Fetchmail Denial of Service Vulnerability
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Title : Debian Security Update Fixes Fetchmail Denial of Service Vulnerability
VUPEN ID : VUPEN/ADV-2006-0207
CVE ID : CVE-2005-4348
Rated as : Low Risk 
Remotely Exploitable : Yes
Locally Exploitable : Yes
Release Date : 2006-01-16
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Debian has released updated packages to address a vulnerability identified in Fetchmail. This flaw is due to a null pointer dereference error when processing messages without headers, which could be exploited by attackers to crash a vulnerable application (configured for multidrop mode) via a malicious upstream mail server. For additional information, see : VUPEN/ADV-2005-2996
Affected Products
Debian GNU/Linux stable (sarge)
Debian GNU/Linux unstable (sid)
Solution
Debian GNU/Linux stable (sarge) - Upgrade to version 6.2.5-12sarge4
Debian GNU/Linux unstable (sid) - Upgrade to version version 6.3.1-1
References
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/0207
http://www.frsirt.com/english/reference/4417
ChangeLog
2006-01-16 : Initial release
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