PT-2006-6537 · Fetchmail+1 · Fetchmail+1

Isaac Wilcox · Published 2006-12-31 · Updated 2024-06-15 · CVE-2006-5867

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

7.8

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions fetchmail versions prior to 6.3.6-rc4

Description The issue allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via man-in-the-middle (MITM) attacks because it does not properly enforce TLS, potentially transmitting cleartext passwords over unsecured links under certain circumstances.

Recommendations For versions prior to 6.3.6-rc4, update to version 6.3.6-rc4 or later to resolve the issue.

Fix

RCE

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-20

Related Identifiers

CVE-2006-5867

DSA-1259-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10753-1

RHSA-2007:0018

RHSA-2007_0018

Affected Products

Red Hat

Fetchmail

References · 51

• http://secunia.com/advisories/23781 · Vendor Advisory
• http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200701-13.xml · Vendor Advisory
• http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-405-1 · Vendor Advisory
• ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20070201-01-P.asc · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/openSUSE-SU-2024:10753-1 · Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/23804 · Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/23714 · Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/24284 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2006-5867 · Vendor Advisory
• http://mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:016 · Vendor Advisory
• http://lists.apple.com/archives/Security-announce/2007/Apr/msg00001.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/23695 · Vendor Advisory
• http://fedoranews.org/cms/node/2429 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2006-5867 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2006-5867 · Vendor Advisory