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>> Slackware Security Update Fixes Fetchmail Denial of Service Issue

Title : Slackware Security Update Fixes Fetchmail Denial of Service Issue
VUPEN ID : VUPEN/ADV-2008-2242
CVE ID : CVE-2008-2711
Rated as : Low Risk 
Remotely Exploitable : Yes
Locally Exploitable : Yes
Release Date : 2008-07-30

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A vulnerability has been identified in Slackware, which could be exploited by remote attackers to cause a denial of service. This issue is caused by an error in Fetchmail. For additional information, see : VUPEN/ADV-2008-1860

Affected Products

Slackware 8.1
Slackware 9.0
Slackware 9.1
Slackware 10.0
Slackware 10.1
Slackware 10.2
Slackware 11.0
Slackware 12.0
Slackware 12.1

Solution

Updated package for Slackware 8.1:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-8.1/patches/packages/fetchmail-6.3.8-i386-1_slack8.1.tgz

Updated package for Slackware 9.0:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-9.0/patches/packages/fetchmail-6.3.8-i386-1_slack9.0.tgz

Updated package for Slackware 9.1:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-9.1/patches/packages/fetchmail-6.3.8-i486-1_slack9.1.tgz

Updated package for Slackware 10.0:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-10.0/patches/packages/fetchmail-6.3.8-i486-1_slack10.0.tgz

Updated package for Slackware 10.1:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-10.1/patches/packages/fetchmail-6.3.8-i486-1_slack10.1.tgz

Updated package for Slackware 10.2:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-10.2/patches/packages/fetchmail-6.3.8-i486-1_slack10.2.tgz

Updated package for Slackware 11.0:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-11.0/patches/packages/fetchmail-6.3.8-i486-1_slack11.0.tgz

Updated package for Slackware 12.0:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-12.0/patches/packages/fetchmail-6.3.8-i486-3_slack12.0.tgz

Updated package for Slackware 12.1:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-12.1/patches/packages/fetchmail-6.3.8-i486-3_slack12.1.tgz

Updated package for Slackware -current:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-current/slackware/n/fetchmail-6.3.8-i486-3.tgz

References

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2242
http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2008&m=slackware-security.495740

ChangeLog

2008-07-30 : Initial release

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