CVE-2006-5867

Summary

CVECVE-2006-5867
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2006-12-31 05:00:00 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC
Descriptionfetchmail before 6.3.6-rc4 does not properly enforce TLS and may transmit cleartext passwords over unsecured links if certain circumstances occur, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via man-in-the-middle (MITM) attacks.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 7.8 from [email protected]

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

Problem Types: CWE-20 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Complete
Integrity
None
Availability
None

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Fetchmail Fetchmail 4.5.1 All All All
Application Fetchmail Fetchmail 4.5.2 All All All
Application Fetchmail Fetchmail 4.5.3 All All All
Application Fetchmail Fetchmail 4.5.4 All All All
Application Fetchmail Fetchmail 4.5.5 All All All
Application Fetchmail Fetchmail 4.5.6 All All All
Application Fetchmail Fetchmail 4.5.7 All All All
Application Fetchmail Fetchmail 4.5.8 All All All
Application Fetchmail Fetchmail 4.6.0 All All All
Application Fetchmail Fetchmail 4.6.1 All All All
Application Fetchmail Fetchmail 4.6.2 All All All
Application Fetchmail Fetchmail 4.6.3 All All All
Application Fetchmail Fetchmail 4.6.4 All All All
Application Fetchmail Fetchmail 4.6.5 All All All
Application Fetchmail Fetchmail 4.6.6 All All All
Application Fetchmail Fetchmail 4.6.7 All All All
Application Fetchmail Fetchmail 4.6.8 All All All
Application Fetchmail Fetchmail 4.6.9 All All All
Application Fetchmail Fetchmail 4.7.0 All All All
Application Fetchmail Fetchmail 4.7.1 All All All
Application Fetchmail Fetchmail 4.7.2 All All All
Application Fetchmail Fetchmail 4.7.3 All All All
Application Fetchmail Fetchmail 4.7.4 All All All
Application Fetchmail Fetchmail 4.7.5 All All All
Application Fetchmail Fetchmail 4.7.6 All All All
Application Fetchmail Fetchmail 4.7.7 All All All
Application Fetchmail Fetchmail 5.0.0 All All All
Application Fetchmail Fetchmail 5.0.1 All All All
Application Fetchmail Fetchmail 5.0.2 All All All
Application Fetchmail Fetchmail 5.0.3 All All All
Application Fetchmail Fetchmail 5.0.4 All All All
Application Fetchmail Fetchmail 5.0.5 All All All
Application Fetchmail Fetchmail 5.0.6 All All All
Application Fetchmail Fetchmail 5.0.7 All All All
Application Fetchmail Fetchmail 5.0.8 All All All
Application Fetchmail Fetchmail 5.1.0 All All All
Application Fetchmail Fetchmail 5.1.4 All All All
Application Fetchmail Fetchmail 5.2.0 All All All
Application Fetchmail Fetchmail 5.2.1 All All All
Application Fetchmail Fetchmail 5.2.3 All All All
Application Fetchmail Fetchmail 5.2.4 All All All
Application Fetchmail Fetchmail 5.2.7 All All All
Application Fetchmail Fetchmail 5.2.8 All All All
Application Fetchmail Fetchmail 5.3.0 All All All
Application Fetchmail Fetchmail 5.3.1 All All All
Application Fetchmail Fetchmail 5.3.3 All All All
Application Fetchmail Fetchmail 5.3.8 All All All
Application Fetchmail Fetchmail 5.4.0 All All All
Application Fetchmail Fetchmail 5.4.3 All All All
Application Fetchmail Fetchmail 5.4.4 All All All
Application Fetchmail Fetchmail 5.4.5 All All All
Application Fetchmail Fetchmail 5.5.0 All All All
Application Fetchmail Fetchmail 5.5.2 All All All
Application Fetchmail Fetchmail 5.5.3 All All All
Application Fetchmail Fetchmail 5.5.5 All All All
Application Fetchmail Fetchmail 5.5.6 All All All
Application Fetchmail Fetchmail 5.6.0 All All All
Application Fetchmail Fetchmail 5.7.0 All All All
Application Fetchmail Fetchmail 5.7.2 All All All
Application Fetchmail Fetchmail 5.7.4 All All All
Application Fetchmail Fetchmail 5.8 All All All
Application Fetchmail Fetchmail 5.8.1 All All All
Application Fetchmail Fetchmail 5.8.11 All All All
Application Fetchmail Fetchmail 5.8.13 All All All
Application Fetchmail Fetchmail 5.8.14 All All All
Application Fetchmail Fetchmail 5.8.17 All All All
Application Fetchmail Fetchmail 5.8.2 All All All
Application Fetchmail Fetchmail 5.8.3 All All All
Application Fetchmail Fetchmail 5.8.4 All All All
Application Fetchmail Fetchmail 5.8.5 All All All
Application Fetchmail Fetchmail 5.8.6 All All All
Application Fetchmail Fetchmail 5.9.0 All All All
Application Fetchmail Fetchmail 5.9.10 All All All
Application Fetchmail Fetchmail 5.9.11 All All All
Application Fetchmail Fetchmail 5.9.13 All All All
Application Fetchmail Fetchmail 5.9.4 All All All
Application Fetchmail Fetchmail 5.9.5 All All All
Application Fetchmail Fetchmail 5.9.8 All All All
Application Fetchmail Fetchmail 6.0.0 All All All
Application Fetchmail Fetchmail 6.1.0 All All All
Application Fetchmail Fetchmail 6.1.3 All All All
Application Fetchmail Fetchmail 6.2.0 All All All
Application Fetchmail Fetchmail 6.2.1 All All All
Application Fetchmail Fetchmail 6.2.2 All All All
Application Fetchmail Fetchmail 6.2.3 All All All
Application Fetchmail Fetchmail 6.2.4 All All All
Application Fetchmail Fetchmail 6.2.5 All All All
Application Fetchmail Fetchmail 6.2.5.1 All All All
Application Fetchmail Fetchmail 6.2.5.2 All All All
Application Fetchmail Fetchmail 6.2.5.4 All All All
Application Fetchmail Fetchmail 6.2.6 pre4 All All
Application Fetchmail Fetchmail 6.2.6 pre8 All All
Application Fetchmail Fetchmail 6.2.6 pre9 All All
Application Fetchmail Fetchmail 6.2.9 rc10 All All
Application Fetchmail Fetchmail 6.2.9 rc3 All All
Application Fetchmail Fetchmail 6.2.9 rc4 All All
Application Fetchmail Fetchmail 6.2.9 rc5 All All
Application Fetchmail Fetchmail 6.2.9 rc7 All All
Application Fetchmail Fetchmail 6.2.9 rc8 All All
Application Fetchmail Fetchmail 6.2.9 rc9 All All
Application Fetchmail Fetchmail 6.3.0 All All All
Application Fetchmail Fetchmail 6.3.1 All All All
Application Fetchmail Fetchmail 6.3.2 All All All
Application Fetchmail Fetchmail 6.3.3 All All All
Application Fetchmail Fetchmail 6.3.4 All All All
Application Fetchmail Fetchmail 6.3.5 All All All
Application Fetchmail Fetchmail 6.3.6 rc1 All All
Application Fetchmail Fetchmail 6.3.6 rc2 All All
Application Fetchmail Fetchmail All rc3 All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

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Fedora update for fetchmail - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
About Security Update 2007-004 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 docs.info.apple.com
www.trustix.org/errata/2007/0007 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.trustix.org
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Fetchmail - Kostenloser Open Source Mail Daemon af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 fetchmail.berlios.de
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