Debian: New fetchmail-ssl packages fix potential information leak
Summary
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------Debian Security Advisory DSA 900-3 security@debian.org http://www.debian.org/security/ Martin Schulze November 22nd, 2005 http://www.debian.org/security/faq - --------------------------------------------------------------------------Package : fetchmail Vulnerability : programming error Problem type : local Debian-specific: no CVE ID : CVE-2005-3088 Debian Bug : 336096 Due to restrictive dependency definition for fetchmail-ssl the updated fetchmailconf package couldn't be installed on the old stable distribution (woody) together with fetchmail-ssl. Hence, this update loosens it, so that the update can be pulled in. For completeness we're including the original advisory text: Thomas Wolff discovered that the fetchmailconfig program which is provided as part of fetchmail, an SSL enabled POP3, APOP, IMAP mail gatherer/forwarder, creates the new configuration in an insecure fashion that can lead to leaking passwords for mail accounts to local users. This update also fixes a regression in the package for stable caused by the last security update. For the old stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in version 5.9.11-6.4 of fetchmail and in version 5.9.11-6.3 of fetchmail-ssl. For the stable distribution (sarge) this problem has been fixed in version 6.2.5-12sarge3. For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem has been fixed in version 6.2.5.4-1. We recommend that you upgrade your fetchmail and fetchmail-ssl package. Upgrade Instructions - --------------------wget url will fetch the file for you dpkg -i file.deb will install the referenced file. If you are using the apt-get package manager, use the line for sources.list as given below: apt-get update will update the internal database apt-get upgrade will install corrected packages You may use an automated update by adding the resources from the footer to the proper configuration. Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 alias woody - -------------------------------- Source archives: Size/MD5 checksum: 707 3e40bef9e51d8548861b3e0268baaf77 Size/MD5 checksum: 296100 df55a5a18cf5fae859601e2e7fd4b66b Size/MD5 checksum: 950273 fff00cbf7be1d01a17605fee23ac96dd Alpha architecture: Size/MD5 checksum: 309988 b7b2cfaab713c09c23539ba7aa6a54b8 ARM architecture: Size/MD5 checksum: 296688 5e7db6bfdf96674cac7dd77d247bff45 Intel IA-32 architecture: Size/MD5 checksum: 291956 50362e5121557bb590595ceb53a1a603 Intel IA-64 architecture: Size/MD5 checksum: 333990 01bb01fd63e3c0f9851be135267918a4 HP Precision architecture: Size/MD5 checksum: 301950 9ea4dfac57fdb8d144f953558ade72c2 Motorola 680x0 architecture: Size/MD5 checksum: 286422 674343c3868fcf108f24b3564ebc02cf Big endian MIPS architecture: Size/MD5 checksum: 301094 709a4228a19ee982f18f94bb2ae2ac9c Little endian MIPS architecture: Size/MD5 checksum: 300582 fe6e85885a472592370519899a06476f PowerPC architecture: Size/MD5 checksum: 297546 bfff31d76b66dfc7d43bec54828fb978 IBM S/390 architecture: Size/MD5 checksum: 294632 5ab160cc2d2df011efacc0d6668d2a0f Sun Sparc architecture: Size/MD5 checksum: 298246 8ff9bca8d4dcc6242bbc2cfe8c16ddfa These files will probably be moved into the stable distribution on its next update. - ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------For apt-get: deb http://security.debian.org/ stable/updates main For dpkg-ftp: dists/stable/updates/main Mailing list: debian-security-announce@lists.debian.org