From 819e8bb45857cd915bfc375a934fdf145bb7b01a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Matthias Andree Date: Thu, 13 Nov 2008 13:50:39 +0000 Subject: Escalate SSL plug to a critical fix. svn path=/branches/BRANCH_6-3/; revision=5238 --- NEWS | 8 ++++---- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) (limited to 'NEWS') diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index 57bf52b6..2c2da7dd 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -68,6 +68,10 @@ fetchmail 6.3.9 (not yet released): flush" configurations. Workaround for previous versions: "expunge 0". Report and patch by Alexander Cherepanov - thanks a lot, Berlios Bug #11797, "imap_mark_seen doesn't consider expunged messages". +* SSL fix: close memory leak when SSL connection fails; fetchmail used to forget + calling SSL_free() on the SSL context, leaking in excess of 500 kB RAM on a + x86_64 system per failed SSL connection attempt. + Bug reported and patch provided by Seiichi Ikarashi, Fujitsu. # BUG FIXES: * The configure script will additionally check for 'dn_skipname', to fix build @@ -88,10 +92,6 @@ 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 -- cgit v1.2.3