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diff --git a/fetchmail-SA-2005-02.txt b/fetchmail-SA-2005-02.txt index 375c8ef4..271a3d02 100644 --- a/fetchmail-SA-2005-02.txt +++ b/fetchmail-SA-2005-02.txt @@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ fetchmail-SA-2005-02: security announcement Topic: password exposure in fetchmailconf Author: Matthias Andree -Version: 1.02 +Version: 1.03 Announced: 2005-10-21 Type: insecure creation of file Impact: passwords are written to a world-readable file @@ -20,14 +20,14 @@ Affects: fetchmail version 6.2.5.2 fetchmailconf 1.43.1 (shipped separately, now withdrawn) (other versions have not been checked but are presumed affected) -Not affected: fetchmail 6.2.9-rc6 - fetchmailconf 1.43.2 (use this for fetchmail-6.2.5.2) - fetchmailconf 1.49 (shipped with 6.2.9-rc6) - fetchmail 6.3.0 (not released yet) +Not affected: fetchmailconf 1.43.2 (use this for fetchmail-6.2.5.2) + fetchmail 6.2.5.4 + fetchmail 6.3.0 Corrected: 2005-09-28 01:14 UTC (SVN) - committed bugfix (r4351) 2005-10-21 - released fetchmailconf-1.43.2 - 2005-10-21 - released fetchmail 6.2.9-rc6 + 2005-11-13 - released fetchmail 6.2.5.4 + 2005-11-30 - released fetchmail 6.3.0 0. Release history ================== @@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ Corrected: 2005-09-28 01:14 UTC (SVN) - committed bugfix (r4351) - added Credits 2005-10-27 1.02 - reformatted section 0 - updated CVE Name to new naming scheme +2005-12-08 1.03 - update version information and solution 1. Background ============= @@ -68,16 +69,9 @@ fetchmailconf has finished, you can restore your old umask. 4. Solution =========== -For users of fetchmail-6.2.5.2: -------------------------------- -Download fetchmailconf-1.43.2.gz from fetchmail's project site -<http://developer.berlios.de/project/showfiles.php?group_id=1824&release_id=6617>, -gunzip it, then replace your existing fetchmailconf with it. - -For users of fetchmail-6.2.6* or 6.2.9* before 6.2.9-rc6: ---------------------------------------------------------- -update to the latest fetchmail-devel package, 6.2.9-rc6 on 2005-10-21. -<https://developer.berlios.de/project/showfiles.php?group_id=1824> +Download and install fetchmail 6.3.0 or a newer stable release from +fetchmail's project site at +<http://developer.berlios.de/project/showfiles.php?group_id=1824&release_id=6617>. A. References ============= |