2901 – fetchmail security vulnerability

Bug 2901 - fetchmail security vulnerability

Summary: fetchmail security vulnerability

Status:	RESOLVED FIXED

Alias:	None

Product:	Gentoo Linux
Classification:	Unclassified
Component:	[OLD] Core system (show other bugs)
Hardware:	x86 Linux

Importance:	High major (vote)
Assignee:	Parag Mehta (RETIRED)

URL:	http://tuxedo.org/~esr/fetchmail/NEWS
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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