Fedora Core 4 : fetchmail-6.2.5.5-1.fc4 (2005-1187)

low Nessus Plugin ID 20351

Synopsis

The remote Fedora Core host is missing a security update.

Description

Fetchmail contains a bug where when running in multidrop mode, a malicious mail server can crash the client by sending a message without headers.

This update fixes the issue.

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

Solution

Update the affected fetchmail and / or fetchmail-debuginfo packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: Low

ID: 20351

File Name: fedora_2005-1187.nasl

Version: 1.16

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Fedora Local Security Checks

Published: 12/30/2005

Updated: 1/11/2021

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:fetchmail, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:fetchmail-debuginfo, cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora_core:4

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 12/20/2005

Reference Information

BID: 15987

FEDORA: 2005-1187

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