CVE-2005-3088

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Summary

CVECVE-2005-3088
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2005-10-27 10:02:00 UTC
Updated2025-04-03 01:03:51 UTC
Descriptionfetchmailconf 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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 2.1 from [email protected]

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Problem Types: CWE-200 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Local
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
None
Availability
None

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Fetchmail Fetchmail 6.2.0 All All All
Application Fetchmail Fetchmail 6.2.5 All All All
Application Fetchmail Fetchmail 6.2.5.2 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
APPLE-SA-2006-08-01 Security Update 2006-004 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.apple.com
Mac OS X Security Update Fixes Multiple Vulnerabilities - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Fetchmail - Kostenloser Open Source Mail Daemon af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 fetchmail.berlios.de Patch, Vendor Advisory
Gentoo Linux Documentation -- fetchmail: Password exposure in fetchmailconf af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.gentoo.org
Secunia - Advisories - Fetchmail "fetchmailconf" Password Disclosure Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
Apple Mac OS X Multiple Security Vulnerabilities af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
Secunia - Advisories - Mandriva update for fetchmail af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
Slackware update for fetchmail - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Secunia - Advisories - Ubuntu update for fetchmail af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
USN-215-1: fetchmailconf vulnerability | Ubuntu security notices af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 usn.ubuntu.com
Secunia - Advisories - Red Hat update for fetchmail af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Secunia - Advisories - Gentoo update for fetchmail af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
'fetchmail security announcement 2005-02 (CVE-2005-3088)' - MARC af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 marc.info
SecurityTracker.com Archives - Fetchmail 'fetchmailconf' May Disclose Passwords to Local Users af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 securitytracker.com
www.osvdb.org/20267 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.osvdb.org
Fetchmail's FetchmailConf Utility Local Information Disclosure Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Patch
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com
Secunia - Advisories - Debian update for fetchmail af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
The Slackware Linux Project: Slackware Security Advisories af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 slackware.com
US-CERT Technical Cyber Security Alert TA06-214A -- Apple Mac Products Affected by Multiple Vulnerabilities af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.us-cert.gov US Government Resource
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-900-3 fetchmail af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org
Advisories - Mandriva Linux OS af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com
Webmail - OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com
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