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authorMatthias Andree <matthias.andree@gmx.de>2021-08-26 23:53:14 +0200
committerMatthias Andree <matthias.andree@gmx.de>2021-08-26 23:53:14 +0200
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SECURITY: IMAP: no longer permit LOGIN with LOGINDISABLED.
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@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ removed from a 6.5.0 or newer release.)
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fetchmail-6.4.22 (not yet released):
-# SECURITY FIX:
+# SECURITY FIXES:
* On IMAP connections, without --ssl and with nonempty --sslproto, meaning that
fetchmail is to enforce TLS, and when the server or an attacker sends
a PREAUTH greeting, fetchmail used to continue an unencrypted connection.
@@ -98,6 +98,8 @@ fetchmail-6.4.22 (not yet released):
Context" by Damian Poddebniak, Fabian Ising, Hanno Böck, and Sebastian
Schinzel. The paper did not mention fetchmail.
* On IMAP connections, --auth ssh no longer prevents STARTTLS negotiation.
+* On IMAP connections, do not permit to override a server-side LOGINDISABLED
+ with --auth password any more.
# BUG FIXES:
* On IMAP connections, when AUTHENTICATE EXTERNAL fails and we have received the