Description
fetchmailconf before 1.49 in fetchmail 6.2.0, 6.2.5 and 6.2.5.2 creates configuration files with insecure world-readable permissions, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information such as passwords.
Metrics
CVSS 2.0 2.1/10
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:NWeakness enumeration
Affected software
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| n/a | n/a | n/a |
References
- http://fetchmail.berlios.de/fetchmail-SA-2005-02.txtPatch, Vendor Advisory
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2006//Aug/msg00000.html
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=113042785902031&w=2
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17293Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17349Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17446Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17491Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17495Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17631Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/18895Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21253Vendor Advisory
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1015114
- http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2006&m=slackware-security.443499
- http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-900
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200511-06.xml
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:209
- http://www.osvdb.org/20267
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-823.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15179Patch
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19289
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-214A.htmlUS Government Resource
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/2182
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3101
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/215-1/
- http://fetchmail.berlios.de/fetchmail-SA-2005-02.txtPatch, Vendor Advisory
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2006//Aug/msg00000.html
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=113042785902031&w=2
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17293Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17349Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17446Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17491Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17495Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17631Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/18895Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21253Vendor Advisory
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1015114
- http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2006&m=slackware-security.443499
- http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-900
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200511-06.xml
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:209
- http://www.osvdb.org/20267
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-823.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15179Patch
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19289
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-214A.htmlUS Government Resource
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/2182
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3101
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/215-1/
Timeline
- Published
- Oct 27, 2005
- Last modified
- Jun 16, 2026
- NVD status
- Modified