CVE-2007-1558

Publication date 16 April 2007

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Unknown

Why this priority?

The APOP protocol allows remote attackers to guess the first 3 characters of a password via man-in-the-middle (MITM) attacks that use crafted message IDs and MD5 collisions. NOTE: this design-level issue potentially affects all products that use APOP, including (1) Thunderbird 1.x before 1.5.0.12 and 2.x before 2.0.0.4, (2) Evolution, (3) mutt, (4) fetchmail before 6.3.8, (5) SeaMonkey 1.0.x before 1.0.9 and 1.1.x before 1.1.2, (6) Balsa 2.3.16 and earlier, (7) Mailfilter before 0.8.2, and possibly other products.

Read the notes from the security team

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
fetchmail 7.04 feisty
Fixed 6.3.6-1ubuntu2.1
6.10 edgy
Fixed 6.3.4-1ubuntu4.2
6.06 LTS dapper
Fixed 6.3.2-2ubuntu2.2
iceape 7.04 feisty Not in release
6.10 edgy Not in release
6.06 LTS dapper Not in release
im 7.04 feisty Ignored
6.10 edgy Ignored
6.06 LTS dapper Ignored
mew 7.04 feisty Ignored
6.10 edgy Ignored
6.06 LTS dapper Ignored
mew-beta 7.04 feisty Ignored
6.10 edgy Ignored
6.06 LTS dapper Ignored
mozilla-thunderbird 7.04 feisty
Fixed 1.5.0.13-0ubuntu0.7.04
6.10 edgy
Fixed 1.5.0.13-0ubuntu0.6.10
6.06 LTS dapper
Fixed 1.5.0.13-0ubuntu0.6.06
wl 7.04 feisty Ignored
6.10 edgy Ignored
6.06 LTS dapper Ignored
wl-beta 7.04 feisty Ignored
6.10 edgy Ignored
6.06 LTS dapper Ignored

Notes

kees

This is a partial attack, not really feasible, so it okay to ignore.

jdstrand

possible fetchmail patch at http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/464477/30/0/threaded

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

    • USN-520-1
    • fetchmail vulnerabilities
    • 26 September 2007
    • USN-469-1
    • Thunderbird vulnerabilities
    • 6 June 2007

Other references