Date: Wed, 27 Dec 2000 17:25:49 -0800
From: security@turbolinux.com
To: tl-security-announce@turbolinux.com
Subject: [TL-Security-Announce] fetchmail-5.5.0-3.i386.rpm
TLSA2000024-1
TurboLinux Security Announcement
Package: fetchmail-5.5.0-2 and earlier
Date: Wednesday December 27 5:00 PDT 2000
Affected TurboLinux versions:TL 6.1 WorkStation,
All TurboLinux versions
6.0.5 and earlier
TurboLinux Advisory ID#: TLSA2000024-1
Credits: This bug was reported by Red Hat on
November 10, 2000 on the Redhat-watch-list
mailing list.
A security hole was discovered in the package mentioned above.
Please update the package in your installation as soon as
possible.
1. Problem Summary(From the Red Hat, Inc. Bug Fix Advisory)
The updated IMAP server released in errata advisory RHSA:102-04
exposes a bug in fetchmail’s implementation of the AUTHENTICATE
GSSAPI command.
2. Solution
Update the package from our ftp server by running the following
command:
rpm -Uvh –nodeps –force ftp_path_to_filename
Where ftp_path_to_filename is the following:
ftp://ftp.turbolinux.com/pub/updates/6.0/security/fetchmail-5.5.0-3.i386.rpm
The source RPM can be downloaded here:
ftp://ftp.turbolinux.com/pub/updates/6.0/SRPMS/fetchmail-5.5.0-3.src.rpm
**Note: You must rebuild and install the RPM if you choose to
download and install the SRPM. Simply installing the SRPM alone
WILL NOT CLOSE THE SECURITY HOLE.
Please verify the MD5 checksums of the updates before you
install:
MD5 sum Package Name
75f5c835b99182e5f7ca73d669f670c7 fetchmail-5.5.0-3.i386.rpm 9a60854fd24ec56f72510952afa14d03 fetchmail-5.5.0-3.src.rpm
These packages are GPG signed by Turbolinux for security. Our
key is available here:
http://www.turbolinux.com/security/tlgpgkey.asc
To verify a package, use the following command:
rpm –checksig name_of_rpm
To examine only the md5sum, use the following command:
rpm –checksig –nogpg name_of_rpm
**Note: Checking GPG keys requires RPM 3.0 or higher.
You can find more updates on our ftp server:
ftp://ftp.turbolinux.com/pub/updates/6.0/security/
for TL6.0 Workstation and Server security updates
ftp://ftp.turbolinux.com/pub/updates/4.0/security/
for TL4.0 Workstation and Server security updates
Our webpage for security announcements:
http://www.turbolinux.com/security
If you want to report vulnerabilities, please contact: