New fetchmail packages are available for Slackware 15.0 and -current to address a security issue where the SMTP client can crash when authenticating. The updated packages, which include version 6.4.27 for Slackware 15.0 and version 6.5.6 for Slackware-current, can be downloaded from the Slackware FTP site or additional mirror sites. To install the updates, users should run the command "upgradepkg fetchmail-6.4.27-i586-2_slack15.0.txz" as root.

fetchmail (SSA:2025-276-01)

fetchmail (SSA:2025-276-01)

fetchmail (SSA:2025-276-01)

New fetchmail packages are available for Slackware 15.0 and -current to
fix a security issue.

Here are the details from the Slackware 15.0 ChangeLog:
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patches/packages/fetchmail-6.4.27-i586-2_slack15.0.txz: Rebuilt.
This update fixes a security issue:
fetchmail SMTP client can crash when authenticating.
For more information, see:
https://www.fetchmail.info/fetchmail-SA-2025-01.txt
(* Security fix *)
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Where to find the new packages:
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Thanks to the friendly folks at the OSU Open Source Lab
( http://osuosl.org) for donating FTP and rsync hosting
to the Slackware project! :-)

Also see the "Get Slack" section on http://slackware.com for
additional mirror sites near you.

Updated package for Slackware 15.0:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-15.0/patches/packages/fetchmail-6.4.27-i586-2_slack15.0.txz

Updated package for Slackware x86_64 15.0:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-15.0/patches/packages/fetchmail-6.4.27-x86_64-2_slack15.0.txz

Updated package for Slackware -current:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-current/slackware/n/fetchmail-6.5.6-i686-1.txz

Updated package for Slackware x86_64 -current:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-current/slackware64/n/fetchmail-6.5.6-x86_64-1.txz

MD5 signatures:
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Slackware 15.0 package:
3f5bd049e96d5620d6061faf2f69299c fetchmail-6.4.27-i586-2_slack15.0.txz

Slackware x86_64 15.0 package:
7caa37a5bbc8608ab85ae2da47b8bfb6 fetchmail-6.4.27-x86_64-2_slack15.0.txz

Slackware -current package:
6491042fe061d9a3ca05bdb0046ae49f n/fetchmail-6.5.6-i686-1.txz

Slackware x86_64 -current package:
7ff57dfd85af3e0a8bb84e836d9f8bcd n/fetchmail-6.5.6-x86_64-1.txz

Installation instructions:
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Upgrade the package as root:
# upgradepkg fetchmail-6.4.27-i586-2_slack15.0.txz

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Slackware Linux Security Team
http://slackware.com/gpg-key