CVEvulnerability
CVE-2006-5867
7.8 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2006-12-31
- Last modified
- 2026-06-16
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 7.8 HIGH — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-20
Description
fetchmail 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.
Affected configurations
• fetchmail fetchmail (<= 6.3.6)
• fetchmail fetchmail 4.5.1
• fetchmail fetchmail 4.5.2
• fetchmail fetchmail 4.5.3
• fetchmail fetchmail 4.5.4
• fetchmail fetchmail 4.5.5
• fetchmail fetchmail 4.5.6
• fetchmail fetchmail 4.5.7
• fetchmail fetchmail 4.5.8
• fetchmail fetchmail 4.6.0
• fetchmail fetchmail 4.6.1
• fetchmail fetchmail 4.6.2
• fetchmail fetchmail 4.6.3
• fetchmail fetchmail 4.6.4
• fetchmail fetchmail 4.6.5
• fetchmail fetchmail 4.6.6
• fetchmail fetchmail 4.6.7
• fetchmail fetchmail 4.6.8
• fetchmail fetchmail 4.6.9
• fetchmail fetchmail 4.7.0
• fetchmail fetchmail 4.7.1
• fetchmail fetchmail 4.7.2
• fetchmail fetchmail 4.7.3
• fetchmail fetchmail 4.7.4
• fetchmail fetchmail 4.7.5
• fetchmail fetchmail 4.7.6
• fetchmail fetchmail 4.7.7
• fetchmail fetchmail 5.0.0
• fetchmail fetchmail 5.0.1
• fetchmail fetchmail 5.0.2
• fetchmail fetchmail 5.0.3
• fetchmail fetchmail 5.0.4
• fetchmail fetchmail 5.0.5
• fetchmail fetchmail 5.0.6
• fetchmail fetchmail 5.0.7
• fetchmail fetchmail 5.0.8
• fetchmail fetchmail 5.1.0
• fetchmail fetchmail 5.1.4
• fetchmail fetchmail 5.2.0
• fetchmail fetchmail 5.2.1
• fetchmail fetchmail 5.2.3
• fetchmail fetchmail 5.2.4
• fetchmail fetchmail 5.2.7
• fetchmail fetchmail 5.2.8
• fetchmail fetchmail 5.3.0
• fetchmail fetchmail 5.3.1
• fetchmail fetchmail 5.3.3
• fetchmail fetchmail 5.3.8
• fetchmail fetchmail 5.4.0
• fetchmail fetchmail 5.4.3
• fetchmail fetchmail 5.4.4
• fetchmail fetchmail 5.4.5
• fetchmail fetchmail 5.5.0
• fetchmail fetchmail 5.5.2
• fetchmail fetchmail 5.5.3
• fetchmail fetchmail 5.5.5
• fetchmail fetchmail 5.5.6
• fetchmail fetchmail 5.6.0
• fetchmail fetchmail 5.7.0
• fetchmail fetchmail 5.7.2
… and 40 more
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-20 Improper Input Validation weakness
References
- ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20070201-01-P.asc patches.sgi.com
- http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=305391 docs.info.apple.com
- http://fedoranews.org/cms/node/2429 fedoranews.org
- http://fetchmail.berlios.de/fetchmail-SA-2006-02.txt fetchmail.berlios.de
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/Security-announce/2007/Apr/msg00001.html lists.apple.com
- http://osvdb.org/31580 osvdb.org
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23631 Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23695 Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23714 Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23781 Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23804 Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23838 Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23923 Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24007 Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24151 Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24174 Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24284 Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24966 Vendor Advisory
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200701-13.xml security.gentoo.org
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1017478 securitytracker.com
- http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2007&m=slackware-security.517995 slackware.com
- http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1259 www.debian.org
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:016 www.mandriva.com
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_4_sr.html www.novell.com
- http://www.openpkg.com/security/advisories/OpenPKG-SA-2007.004.html www.openpkg.com
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0018.html www.redhat.com
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/456115/100/0/threaded www.securityfocus.com
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/460528/100/0/threaded www.securityfocus.com
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21903 Patch
- http://www.trustix.org/errata/2007/0007 www.trustix.org
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-405-1 www.ubuntu.com
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-109A.html US Government Resource
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0087 www.vupen.com
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0088 www.vupen.com
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1470 www.vupen.com
- https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-919 issues.rpath.com
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10566 oval.cisecurity.org
- ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20070201-01-P.asc patches.sgi.com
- http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=305391 docs.info.apple.com
- http://fedoranews.org/cms/node/2429 fedoranews.org
- http://fetchmail.berlios.de/fetchmail-SA-2006-02.txt fetchmail.berlios.de
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/Security-announce/2007/Apr/msg00001.html lists.apple.com
- http://osvdb.org/31580 osvdb.org
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23631 Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23695 Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23714 Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23781 Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23804 Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23838 Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23923 Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24007 Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24151 Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24174 Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24284 Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24966 Vendor Advisory
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200701-13.xml security.gentoo.org
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1017478 securitytracker.com
- http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2007&m=slackware-security.517995 slackware.com
- http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1259 www.debian.org
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:016 www.mandriva.com
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_4_sr.html www.novell.com
- http://www.openpkg.com/security/advisories/OpenPKG-SA-2007.004.html www.openpkg.com
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0018.html www.redhat.com
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/456115/100/0/threaded www.securityfocus.com
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/460528/100/0/threaded www.securityfocus.com
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21903 Patch
- http://www.trustix.org/errata/2007/0007 www.trustix.org
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-405-1 www.ubuntu.com
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-109A.html US Government Resource
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0087 www.vupen.com
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0088 www.vupen.com
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1470 www.vupen.com
- https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-919 issues.rpath.com
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10566 oval.cisecurity.org