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A libetpan security update has been released for Fedora 36.



SECURITY: Fedora 36 Update: libetpan-1.9.4-9.fc36


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Fedora Update Notification
FEDORA-2022-de3e565494
2022-12-02 01:36:47.412982
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Name : libetpan
Product : Fedora 36
Version : 1.9.4
Release : 9.fc36
URL :   http://www.etpan.org/
Summary : Portable, efficient middle-ware for different kinds of mail access
Description :
The purpose of this mail library is to provide a portable, efficient middle-ware
for different kinds of mail access. When using the drivers interface, the
interface is the same for all kinds of mail access, remote and local mailboxes.

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Update Information:

A potential bug is found on libetpan that when IMAP client receives invalid
STATUS response, an invalid free can occur on
mailimap_mailbox_data_status_free(). This bug is now assigned as CVE-2022-4121.
Although the formal fix is under discussion, this update rpm adds a quick fix
for this issue.
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ChangeLog:

* Wed Nov 23 2022 Mamoru TASAKA - 1.9.4-9
- Workaround for CVE-2022-4121 (bug 2144914)
* Thu Jul 21 2022 Fedora Release Engineering - 1.9.4-8
- Rebuilt for   https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_37_Mass_Rebuild
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References:

[ 1 ] Bug #2144915 - libetpan: Null pointer dereference in mailimap_mailbox_data_status_free in low-level/imap/mailimap_types.c [fedora-all]
  https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2144915
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This update can be installed with the "dnf" update program. Use
su -c 'dnf upgrade --advisory FEDORA-2022-de3e565494' at the command
line. For more information, refer to the dnf documentation available at
  http://dnf.readthedocs.io/en/latest/command_ref.html#upgrade-command-label

All packages are signed with the Fedora Project GPG key. More details on the
GPG keys used by the Fedora Project can be found at
  https://fedoraproject.org/keys
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