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@@ -88,6 +88,10 @@ fetchmail 6.3.9 (not yet released):
* Only print "Deleting fetchids file" if there actually is one.
Fixes Debian Bug#374514, reported by Dan Jacobson.
* SSL fix: check and report if SSL_set_fd fails.
+* SSL fix: close memory leak when SSL connection fails; fetchmail used to forget
+ calling SSL_free() on the SSL context, leaking in excess of 1/2 MB RAM on a
+ x86_64 system per failed SSL connection attempt.
+ Bug reported and patch provided by Seiichi Ikarashi, Fujitsu.
# CHANGES:
* autoconf 2.60 is now required to build fetchmail; it uses