news 28 Posted July 29, 2008 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 [slackware-security] fetchmail (SSA:2008-210-01) New fetchmail packages are available for Slackware 8.1, 9.0, 9.1, 10.0, 10.1, 10.2, 11.0, 12.0, 12.1, and -current to fix security issues. More details about this issue may be found in the Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) database: http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-2711 Here are the details from the Slackware 12.1 ChangeLog: +--------------------------+ patches/packages/fetchmail-6.3.8-i486-3_slack12.1.tgz: Patched to fix a possible denial of service when "-v -v" options are used. For more information, see: http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-2711 (* Security fix *) +--------------------------+ Where to find the new packages: +-----------------------------+ HINT: Getting slow download speeds from ftp.slackware.com? Give slackware.osuosl.org a try. This is another primary FTP site for Slackware that can be considerably faster than downloading directly from ftp.slackware.com. Thanks to the friendly folks at the OSU Open Source Lab (http://osuosl.org) for donating additional FTP and rsync hosting to the Slackware project! :-) Also see the "Get Slack" section on http://slackware.com for additional mirror sites near you. Updated package for Slackware 8.1: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-8.1/patches/packages/fetchmail-6.3.8-i386-1_slack8.1.tgz Updated package for Slackware 9.0: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-9.0/patches/packages/fetchmail-6.3.8-i386-1_slack9.0.tgz Updated package for Slackware 9.1: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-9.1/patches/packages/fetchmail-6.3.8-i486-1_slack9.1.tgz Updated package for Slackware 10.0: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-10.0/patches/packages/fetchmail-6.3.8-i486-1_slack10.0.tgz Updated package for Slackware 10.1: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-10.1/patches/packages/fetchmail-6.3.8-i486-1_slack10.1.tgz Updated package for Slackware 10.2: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-10.2/patches/packages/fetchmail-6.3.8-i486-1_slack10.2.tgz Updated package for Slackware 11.0: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-11.0/patches/packages/fetchmail-6.3.8-i486-1_slack11.0.tgz Updated package for Slackware 12.0: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-12.0/patches/packages/fetchmail-6.3.8-i486-3_slack12.0.tgz Updated package for Slackware 12.1: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-12.1/patches/packages/fetchmail-6.3.8-i486-3_slack12.1.tgz Updated package for Slackware -current: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-current/slackware/n/fetchmail-6.3.8-i486-3.tgz MD5 signatures: +-------------+ Slackware 8.1 package: b5d8c801042c5190ad8915a30dd0a35f fetchmail-6.3.8-i386-1_slack8.1.tgz Slackware 9.0 package: 858b8cbf528801d500db9c8353dffd01 fetchmail-6.3.8-i386-1_slack9.0.tgz Slackware 9.1 package: d791215ee93508ab8e82a9038a7a838f fetchmail-6.3.8-i486-1_slack9.1.tgz Slackware 10.0 package: f30d0eadac70861cd437112f426c97e4 fetchmail-6.3.8-i486-1_slack10.0.tgz Slackware 10.1 package: 64c4a49b7b88e67151cbf9c68b66c64a fetchmail-6.3.8-i486-1_slack10.1.tgz Slackware 10.2 package: 507cd71d2d2fdbcce4b009eb730f12ba fetchmail-6.3.8-i486-1_slack10.2.tgz Slackware 11.0 package: c221a17709e63f4a61df34a02c65ff6f fetchmail-6.3.8-i486-1_slack11.0.tgz Slackware 12.0 package: e6f9da78a683f27bd4788d391a4d2edd fetchmail-6.3.8-i486-3_slack12.0.tgz Slackware 12.1 package: ef59967ab69a16d6b23083691550d53d fetchmail-6.3.8-i486-3_slack12.1.tgz Slackware -current package: 0c4c7d0a8d72ef4548bff0c60cdd516a fetchmail-6.3.8-i486-3.tgz Installation instructions: +------------------------+ Upgrade the package as root: # upgradepkg fetchmail-6.3.8-i486-3_slack12.1.tgz +-----+ Slackware Linux Security Team http://slackware.com/gpg-key security ( -at -) slackware.com +------------------------------------------------------------------------+ Share this post Link to post
