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Red Hat issues pop2 security alert

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Web Webster
Web Webster
Jun 10, 1999

[ This is the same issue as our earlier alert. -lt ed
]

From the redhat-announce list:

This is a security errata for the imap package that corrects a
known ipop2d exploit in Red Hat 4.x and Red Hat 5.x.

A more complete description of current problems with imap may be
found at

http://developer.redhat.com/bugzilla

by querying the imap component. Bug #3161 is the report of
ipop2d exploit.

Users of Red Hat Linux 4.x and 5.x should upgrade to the new
version of imap in order to correct this security problem.

Red Hat Linux 4.x:
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On alpha:
rpm -Uvh
ftp://updates.redhat.com/4.2/alpha/imap-4.5-0.4.2.alpha.rpm
On i386:
rpm -Uvh
ftp://updates.redhat.com/4.2/i386/imap-4.5-0.4.2.i386.rpm
On sparc:
rpm -Uvh
ftp://updates.redhat.com/4.2/sparc/imap-4.5-0.4.2.sparc.rpm
The source is available at
ftp://updates.redhat.com/4.2/SRPMS/imap-4.5-0.4.2.src.rpm

Red Hat Linux 5.x:
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On alpha:
rpm -Uvh
ftp://updates.redhat.com/5.2/alpha/imap-4.5-0.5.2.alpha.rpm
On i386:
rpm -Uvh
ftp://updates.redhat.com/5.2/i386/imap-4.5-0.5.2.i386.rpm
On sparc:
rpm -Uvh
ftp://updates.redhat.com/5.2/sparc/imap-4.5-0.5.2.sparc.rpm
The source is available at
ftp://updates.redhat.com/5.2/SRPMS/imap-4.5-0.5.2.src.rpm

These packages have all been PGP signed by Red Hat for
security.

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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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