Advisories:rPSA-2008-0235
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rPath Security Advisory 2008-0235-1
Published: 2008-07-28
Products
- rPath Linux 1
- rPath Linux 2
Rating
- Minor
Exposure Level Classification
- Indirect User Deterministic Denial of Service
Updated Versions
- fetchmail=conary.rpath.com@rpl:1/6.3.8-0.4-1
- fetchmail=conary.rpath.com@rpl:2/6.3.8-5-0.1
- fetchmailconf=conary.rpath.com@rpl:2/6.3.8-5-0.1
rPath Issue Tracking System
References
Description
- Previous versions of the fetchmail package are vulnerable to a Denial
- of Service attack due to a buffer-resizing error when handling mail
- messages with large headers. It is not believed that this weakness
- can be exploited to execute malicious code.
Copyright 2008 rPath, Inc. This file is distributed under the terms of the MIT License. A copy is available at http://www.rpath.com/permanent/mit-license.html