CVE-2005-3088

Summary

CVECVE-2005-3088
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2005-10-27 10:02:00 UTC
Updated2018-10-03 21:31:00 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

Problem Types: CWE-200

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
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

References

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