Oval Definition:oval:com.redhat.rhsa:def:20221964
Revision Date:2022-05-10Version:636
Title:RHSA-2022:1964: fetchmail security update (Moderate)
Description:Fetchmail is a remote mail retrieval and forwarding utility intended for use over on-demand TCP/IP links, like SLIP or PPP connections. Fetchmail supports every remote-mail protocol currently in use on the Internet (POP2, POP3, RPOP, APOP, KPOP, all IMAPs, ESMTP ETRN, IPv6, and IPSEC) for retrieval. Then Fetchmail forwards the mail through SMTP so the user can read it through their favorite mail client.

Security Fix(es):

  • fetchmail: DoS or information disclosure when logging long messages (CVE-2021-36386)

  • fetchmail: STARTTLS session encryption bypassing (CVE-2021-39272)

    For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

    Additional Changes:

    For detailed information on changes in this release, see the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Release Notes linked from the References section.
  • Family:unixClass:patch
    Status:Reference(s):CVE-2021-36386
    CVE-2021-39272
    RHSA-2022:1964
    Platform(s):Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
    Product(s):
    Definition Synopsis
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux must be installed
  • OR Package Information
  • fetchmail is earlier than 0:6.4.24-1.el8
  • AND fetchmail is signed with Red Hat redhatrelease2 key
  • AND
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 is installed
  • OR Red Hat CoreOS 4 is installed
  • BACK