Summary
The remote host is missing updates announced in
advisory GLSA 200507-21.
Solution
All fetchmail users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=net-mail/fetchmail-6.2.5.2'
http://www.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=GLSA%20200507-21 http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=99865
http://fetchmail.berlios.de/fetchmail-SA-2005-01.txt
Insight
fetchmail is susceptible to a buffer overflow resulting in a Denial of Service or arbitrary code execution.
Severity
Classification
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CVE CVE-2005-2335 -
CVSS Base Score: 5.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
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