Synopsis

fetchmail bug fix update

Type/Severity

Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

An updated fetchmail package that fixes a bug is now available for Red Hat
Enterprise Linux 5.

Description

Fetchmail is a remote mail retrieval and forwarding utility intended for use
over on-demand TCP/IP links, like SLIP or PPP connections.

This updated package fixes the following bug:

• Previously, fetchmail would fail with a socket error when attempting to write
  to a BSMTP (Batch Simple Mail Transport Protocol) batch file when downloading
  mail. It failed with a socket error after writing the first header to the BSMTP
  batch file and displayed, "socket error while fetching from". As a result,
  fetchmail could not download mail using BSMTP. With this update to fetchmail,
  the fetchmail package will now correctly write to the BSMTP batch file.
  (BZ#620640)
  

All users of fetchmail are advised to upgrade to this updated package, which
resolves this issue.

Solution

Before applying this update, make sure all previously-released errata
relevant to your system have been applied.

This update is available via the Red Hat Network. Details on how to
use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at
https://access.redhat.com/kb/docs/DOC-11259

Affected Products

• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5 ia64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 5 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 5 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 5 s390x
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 5 ppc
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 5 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 5 i386

Fixes

• BZ - 620640 - fetchmail - bsmtp fails

CVEs

(none)

References

(none)

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5

SRPM
fetchmail-6.3.6-4.el5.src.rpm	SHA-256: d0e6af3c51d4f38f7a1f71e9f77c3637e835187210a0e078e87171a80e2aa3a2
x86_64
fetchmail-6.3.6-4.el5.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: 306f042fa69f88cc27b06f4e4de2ccffab2f2ee810c7a04dd88b7836d08737a1
ia64
fetchmail-6.3.6-4.el5.ia64.rpm	SHA-256: db72c6bd57b09ed5a0576ab346f148715516700ae6e65f660a4db08170291977
i386
fetchmail-6.3.6-4.el5.i386.rpm	SHA-256: 3a636669aa98bb77fb97a7eea528dbbe9d0e7217c063df8660ea42739b2acd62

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 5

SRPM
fetchmail-6.3.6-4.el5.src.rpm	SHA-256: d0e6af3c51d4f38f7a1f71e9f77c3637e835187210a0e078e87171a80e2aa3a2
x86_64
fetchmail-6.3.6-4.el5.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: 306f042fa69f88cc27b06f4e4de2ccffab2f2ee810c7a04dd88b7836d08737a1
i386
fetchmail-6.3.6-4.el5.i386.rpm	SHA-256: 3a636669aa98bb77fb97a7eea528dbbe9d0e7217c063df8660ea42739b2acd62

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 5

SRPM
fetchmail-6.3.6-4.el5.src.rpm	SHA-256: d0e6af3c51d4f38f7a1f71e9f77c3637e835187210a0e078e87171a80e2aa3a2
s390x
fetchmail-6.3.6-4.el5.s390x.rpm	SHA-256: 7d0fcea021a31fdabcdb0548789ad725ab76345cf54b2f067539d4702ffc523d

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 5

SRPM
fetchmail-6.3.6-4.el5.src.rpm	SHA-256: d0e6af3c51d4f38f7a1f71e9f77c3637e835187210a0e078e87171a80e2aa3a2
ppc
fetchmail-6.3.6-4.el5.ppc.rpm	SHA-256: a54bba072c0f65ac99e90fc4363ebc82077dabf8a4fdc3c0f0482a54d6b538a8

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 5

SRPM
fetchmail-6.3.6-4.el5.src.rpm	SHA-256: d0e6af3c51d4f38f7a1f71e9f77c3637e835187210a0e078e87171a80e2aa3a2
x86_64
fetchmail-6.3.6-4.el5.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: 306f042fa69f88cc27b06f4e4de2ccffab2f2ee810c7a04dd88b7836d08737a1
i386
fetchmail-6.3.6-4.el5.i386.rpm	SHA-256: 3a636669aa98bb77fb97a7eea528dbbe9d0e7217c063df8660ea42739b2acd62