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CVE-2005-3088

Publication date 27 October 2005

Last updated 24 July 2024


Ubuntu priority

fetchmailconf 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.

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
fetchmail 7.04 feisty
Fixed 6.3.6-1ubuntu2
6.10 edgy
Fixed 6.3.4-1ubuntu4.1
6.06 LTS dapper
Fixed 6.3.2-2ubuntu2.1

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

    • USN-215-1
    • fetchmailconf vulnerability
    • 8 November 2005

Other references