Yellow Dog Linux Security Announcement
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Package:	fetchmail	
Issue Date: 	July 25, 2001
Priority:	high		
Advisory ID: 	YDU-20010725-21


1. 	Topic:

	The fetchmail software has a buffer overflow.


2. 	Problem:

	A buffer overflow was discovered in all version of
	the fetchmail software prior to 5.8.6.  This can
	be exploited remotely and result in a root access
 	compromise if fetchmail is being run as root.


3. 	Solution:

   	a) Updating via yup...
   	We suggest that you use the Yellow Dog Update Program (yup)
   	to keep your system up-to-date. The following command(s) will
   	automatically retrieve and install the fixed version of
   	this update onto your system:

   		yup update fetchmail 
		yup update fetchmailconf

   	b) Updating manually...
   	The update can also be retrieved manually from our ftp site
   	below along with the rpm command that should be used to install
   	the update.  (Please use a mirror site)

   		ftp://ftp.yellowdoglinux.com/pub/yellowdog/updates/yellowdog-2.0/ppc/RPMS/
                rpm -Fvh fetchmail-5.8.14-1.ppc.rpm
		rpm -Fvh fetchmailconf-5.8.14-1.ppc.rpm

4. Verification

MD5 checksum			  Package
--------------------------------  ----------------------------
50703b423ce7a5e1a89ed7ebfcba01eb  SRPMS/fetchmail-5.8.14-1.src.rpm
77e18a8c627a2c68fb3c538d981b8224  ppc/RPMS/fetchmail-5.8.14-1.ppc.rpm
01cb03fd338e8771b06e40c945e1bb22  ppc/RPMS/fetchmailconf-5.8.14-1.ppc.rpm

If you wish to verify that each package has not been corrupted or tampered with,
examine the md5sum with the following command: rpm --checksig --nogpg filename


5. Misc.

Terra Soft has setup a moderated mailing list where these security, bugfix, and package
enhancement announcements will be posted. See http://lists.yellowdoglinux.com/ for more
information.

For information regarding the usage of yup, the Yellow Dog Update Program, see 
http://http://www.yellowdoglinux.com/support/solutions/ydl_general/yup.shtml