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High ALAS2-2026-3981 1 CVE

Important: fetchmail security update (Amazon Linux 2)

Published Oct 12, 2026 · Updated Oct 12, 2026

Summary

Package updates are available for Amazon Linux 2 that fix the following vulnerabilities: CVE-2026-94184: A stack-based buffer overflow flaw was found in fetchmail when built with NTLM support. A malicious or compromised mail server advertising NTLM authentication can send a crafted Type 2 challenge that causes fetchmail to write past a fixed stack buffer while building the NTLM authenticate response. This may lead to remote code execution depending on stack-frame layout, or to authentication failure or process termination under memory hardening.

Fixed packages 2

ReleasePackageFixed in
Amazon Linux · 2 fetchmail 0:6.3.24-7.amzn2.0.3
Amazon Linux · 2 fetchmail-debuginfo 0:6.3.24-7.amzn2.0.3

Vulnerabilities 1

References

  • web
    https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2026-94184.html