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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
: High major
Assignee: Parag Mehta (RETIRED)
URL: http://tuxedo.org/~esr/fetchmail/NEWS
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Reported: 2002-05-21 20:33 UTC by Scott Moynes
Modified: 2003-02-04 19:42 UTC (History)
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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