aboutsummaryrefslogtreecommitdiffstats
path: root/NEWS
diff options
context:
space:
mode:
authorMatthias Andree <matthias.andree@gmx.de>2018-04-14 20:39:39 +0200
committerMatthias Andree <matthias.andree@gmx.de>2018-04-14 20:39:39 +0200
commit9ad747acc03b6184bfa1387caad0044e5296439e (patch)
tree139e853bb9bdf9821ea46ed9f9fe35b4f0031b95 /NEWS
parent07f01ce3e566e0c7fd4fa859d759dd70140dcf4e (diff)
downloadfetchmail-9ad747acc03b6184bfa1387caad0044e5296439e.tar.gz
fetchmail-9ad747acc03b6184bfa1387caad0044e5296439e.tar.bz2
fetchmail-9ad747acc03b6184bfa1387caad0044e5296439e.zip
Prevent buffer overruns in do_gssauth() with long user names.
Reported in private by Greg Hudson.
Diffstat (limited to 'NEWS')
-rw-r--r--NEWS4
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index a9ef33b6..d910c19d 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -88,6 +88,10 @@ fetchmail-6.4.0 (not yet released):
in favour of another configuration option that makes the insecurity in using
this option clearer.
+## SECURITY FIXES
+* Fetchmail prevents buffer overruns in GSSAPI authentication with user names
+ beyond c. 6000 characters in length. Reported by Greg Hudson.
+
## CHANGES
* fetchmail 6.3.X is unsupported.
* fetchmail now requires OpenSSL v1.0.2 or newer.