Bug 2901

Summary:	fetchmail security vulnerability
Product:	Gentoo Linux	Reporter:	Scott Moynes <smoynes>
Component:	[OLD] Core system	Assignee:	Parag Mehta (RETIRED) <pm>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED
Severity:	major
Priority:	High
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	x86
OS:	Linux
URL:	http://tuxedo.org/~esr/fetchmail/NEWS
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Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---

Description Scott Moynes 2002-05-21 20:33:05 UTC

gentoo has an ancient version of fetchmail that also contains a remote security
vulnerability.

Comment 1 Scott Moynes 2002-05-23 20:31:03 UTC

It is enough to change the name of the ebuild to upgrade.

Comment 2 Ben Lutgens (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2002-05-26 13:00:32 UTC

I committed 5.9.11 last night which fixes this problem