From 9ad747acc03b6184bfa1387caad0044e5296439e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Matthias Andree Date: Sat, 14 Apr 2018 20:39:39 +0200 Subject: Prevent buffer overruns in do_gssauth() with long user names. Reported in private by Greg Hudson. --- NEWS | 4 ++++ 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+) (limited to 'NEWS') diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index a9ef33b6..d910c19d 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -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. -- cgit v1.2.3