Bug 955814 - data loss: fetchmail versions before and excluding 6.3.26 lose last line of message if the non-default "mimedecode" option is enabled and if that line is not properly terminated
Summary: data loss: fetchmail versions before and excluding 6.3.26 lose last line of m...
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Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: fetchmail
Version: 18
Hardware: All
OS: All
unspecified
high
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Vitezslav Crhonek
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
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Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2013-04-23 22:30 UTC by Matthias Andree
Modified: 2013-05-07 18:27 UTC (History)
2 users (show)

Fixed In Version: 6.3.26
Doc Type: Bug Fix
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Last Closed: 2013-05-07 18:26:59 UTC
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Description Matthias Andree 2013-04-23 22:30:39 UTC
Description of problem:
fetchmail loses the last line of a message (and thus possibly the entire message if it is HTML) if the mimedecode option is enabled and the last line is not properly terminated (CRLF/LF).

This is confirmed by the upstream author.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
Affects all upstream releases before 6.3.26 unless specifically patched.

How reproducible:
Always

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Comment 2 Vitezslav Crhonek 2013-04-25 11:29:15 UTC
Thanks Matthias, applied.

Comment 3 Fedora Update System 2013-04-25 11:40:51 UTC
fetchmail-6.3.22-2.fc18 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 18.
https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/fetchmail-6.3.22-2.fc18

Comment 4 Fedora Update System 2013-04-26 00:57:48 UTC
Package fetchmail-6.3.22-2.fc18:
* should fix your issue,
* was pushed to the Fedora 18 testing repository,
* should be available at your local mirror within two days.
Update it with:
# su -c 'yum update --enablerepo=updates-testing fetchmail-6.3.22-2.fc18'
as soon as you are able to.
Please go to the following url:
https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2013-6632/fetchmail-6.3.22-2.fc18
then log in and leave karma (feedback).

Comment 5 Fedora Update System 2013-05-07 18:27:01 UTC
fetchmail-6.3.22-2.fc18 has been pushed to the Fedora 18 stable repository.  If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.


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