The Mandriva Security Team published a new security update: MDKSA-2005:236 - Updated fetchmail packages fix vulnerability for Mandriva Linux. Here the announcement:

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Mandriva Linux Security Advisory MDKSA-2005:236
http://www.mandriva.com/security/
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Package : fetchmail
Date : December 23, 2005
Affected: 10.1, 10.2, 2006.0, Corporate 3.0
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Problem Description:

Fetchmail before 6.3.1 and before 6.2.5.5, when configured for
multidrop mode, allows remote attackers to cause a DoS (application
crash) by sending messages without headers from upstream mail
servers.

The updated packages have been patched to correct this problem.
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References:

http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?nameÊN-2005-4348
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Updated Packages:

Mandriva Linux 10.1:
9c8726e3d841d87b9cc64a9ce3497021 10.1/RPMS/fetchmail-6.2.5-5.3.101mdk.i586.rpm
83258675518c03144515f89ae8c78be4 10.1/RPMS/fetchmailconf-6.2.5-5.3.101mdk.i586.rpm
321a0d1e90bbe0fdb128b96a42ff8e20 10.1/RPMS/fetchmail-daemon-6.2.5-5.3.101mdk.i586.rpm
fbfde9ae3b5d9e343282d48b1f1053c8 10.1/SRPMS/fetchmail-6.2.5-5.3.101mdk.src.rpm

Mandriva Linux 10.1/X86_64:
ff6fb1245bcf6edf9247ad71669d4c46 x86_64/10.1/RPMS/fetchmail-6.2.5-5.3.101mdk.x86_64.rpm
efb6b95e1ff2c7723460b9c1ac7e4200 x86_64/10.1/RPMS/fetchmailconf-6.2.5-5.3.101mdk.x86_64.rpm
31c794fae961246e263db99fca4308eb x86_64/10.1/RPMS/fetchmail-daemon-6.2.5-5.3.101mdk.x86_64.rpm
fbfde9ae3b5d9e343282d48b1f1053c8 x86_64/10.1/SRPMS/fetchmail-6.2.5-5.3.101mdk.src.rpm

Mandriva Linux 10.2:
49e0f1a245c001f08117e20542119796 10.2/RPMS/fetchmail-6.2.5-10.4.102mdk.i586.rpm
c8d3515770d91ff96190e6e10c400169 10.2/RPMS/fetchmailconf-6.2.5-10.4.102mdk.i586.rpm
34feb39cc4766bdb9e15df201d085ed0 10.2/RPMS/fetchmail-daemon-6.2.5-10.4.102mdk.i586.rpm
fbf579f130896de2c645a8460dd88862 10.2/SRPMS/fetchmail-6.2.5-10.4.102mdk.src.rpm

Mandriva Linux 10.2/X86_64:
489f797385cc55c378a3faf50faa898e x86_64/10.2/RPMS/fetchmail-6.2.5-10.4.102mdk.x86_64.rpm
d6c123681c17748de5f17c2399fdb7c4 x86_64/10.2/RPMS/fetchmailconf-6.2.5-10.4.102mdk.x86_64.rpm
9e6b77b062ab162d4c215032dc7714f3 x86_64/10.2/RPMS/fetchmail-daemon-6.2.5-10.4.102mdk.x86_64.rpm
fbf579f130896de2c645a8460dd88862 x86_64/10.2/SRPMS/fetchmail-6.2.5-10.4.102mdk.src.rpm

Mandriva Linux 2006.0:
e09c0856591976733a1bc8041e8eb93c 2006.0/RPMS/fetchmail-6.2.5-11.2.20060mdk.i586.rpm
aba5a8c643b15149976c30ba11116540 2006.0/RPMS/fetchmailconf-6.2.5-11.2.20060mdk.i586.rpm
d683b66431939e6106b3fee6b8b500f5 2006.0/RPMS/fetchmail-daemon-6.2.5-11.2.20060mdk.i586.rpm
bb8c5a81a1299a855594849851615d17 2006.0/SRPMS/fetchmail-6.2.5-11.2.20060mdk.src.rpm

Mandriva Linux 2006.0/X86_64:
2567bef9f4fc2b8d91fae1e5539d5920 x86_64/2006.0/RPMS/fetchmail-6.2.5-11.2.20060mdk.x86_64.rpm
33a88c8055504ab5c741be8c84ab1a81 x86_64/2006.0/RPMS/fetchmailconf-6.2.5-11.2.20060mdk.x86_64.rpm
b2e430f97aed6f30e18144ee57b17b8f x86_64/2006.0/RPMS/fetchmail-daemon-6.2.5-11.2.20060mdk.x86_64.rpm
bb8c5a81a1299a855594849851615d17 x86_64/2006.0/SRPMS/fetchmail-6.2.5-11.2.20060mdk.src.rpm

Corporate 3.0:
51c54e861eec7692a76b3f5b91bab4b9 corporate/3.0/RPMS/fetchmail-6.2.5-3.3.C30mdk.i586.rpm
41c74970c74af1fce8eae213f60d108e corporate/3.0/RPMS/fetchmailconf-6.2.5-3.3.C30mdk.i586.rpm
53fe277159d6771d83d40c99c3418f51 corporate/3.0/RPMS/fetchmail-daemon-6.2.5-3.3.C30mdk.i586.rpm
477f8ec8d7ccaba94a529fd4ead38f11 corporate/3.0/SRPMS/fetchmail-6.2.5-3.3.C30mdk.src.rpm

Corporate 3.0/X86_64:
7f806d8e2858a008799f0766503f0c7a x86_64/corporate/3.0/RPMS/fetchmail-6.2.5-3.3.C30mdk.x86_64.rpm
cb3793ad31fb347d9daf894d7ec7d318 x86_64/corporate/3.0/RPMS/fetchmailconf-6.2.5-3.3.C30mdk.x86_64.rpm
8030300459d198b72b9e9a83909fc0fb x86_64/corporate/3.0/RPMS/fetchmail-daemon-6.2.5-3.3.C30mdk.x86_64.rpm
477f8ec8d7ccaba94a529fd4ead38f11 x86_64/corporate/3.0/SRPMS/fetchmail-6.2.5-3.3.C30mdk.src.rpm
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Type Bits/KeyID Date User ID
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