PT-2001-2494 · Fetchmail · Fetchmail

Published 2001-09-06 · Updated 2011-02-16 · CVE-2001-1378

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

2.1

Low

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions fetchmail versions prior to 5.7.4

Description The issue allows local users to overwrite files of other users via a symlink attack on temporary files created by fetchmailconf in fetchmail.

Recommendations For versions prior to 5.7.4, update to version 5.7.4 or later to resolve the issue.

Fix

Link Following

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-59

Related Identifiers

CVE-2001-1378

Affected Products

Fetchmail

References · 3

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2001-1378 · Security Note
• http://lists.ccil.org/pipermail/fetchmail-announce/2001-March/000015.html · Note
• http://redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2001-103.html · Patch, Vendor Advisory