rPath Security Advisory: 2008-0235-1
Published: 2008-07-28
Products:
rPath Linux 1
rPath Linux 2
Rating: Minor
Exposure Level Classification:
Indirect User Deterministic Denial of Service
Updated Versions:
fetchmail=conary.rpath.com@rpl:1/6.3.8-0.4-1
fetchmail=conary.rpath.com@rpl:2/6.3.8-5-0.1
fetchmailconf=conary.rpath.com@rpl:2/6.3.8-5-0.1
rPath Issue Tracking System:
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2623
References:
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-2711
Description:
Previous versions of the fetchmail package are vulnerable to a Denial
of Service attack due to a buffer-resizing error when handling mail
messages with large headers. It is not believed that this weakness
can be exploited to execute malicious code.
http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0235
Copyright 2008 rPath, Inc.
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