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@@ -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.
@@ -124,6 +128,11 @@ fetchmail-6.4.0 (not yet released):
or that #define OPENSSL_NO_SSL3 inside #include <openssl/ssl.h>
Related to Debian Bug#775255. Fixes Debian Bug #804604.
* Version report lists -SSLv3 on SSL-enabled no-ssl3 builds.
+* Fetchmail no longer adds a NUL byte to the username in GSSAPI authentication.
+ This was reported to break Kerberos-based authentication with Microsoft
+ Exchange 2013 by Greg Hudson.
+* Set umask properly before writing the .fetchids file, to avoid failing the
+ security check on the next run. Reported by Fabian Raab, Debian Bug#831611.
# KNOWN BUGS AND WORKAROUNDS
(This section floats upwards through the NEWS file so it stays with the