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CVE-2005-3088 Details

Description

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

No CVSS 3.x data is available for this CVE.

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL	Source(s)	Tag(s)
http://fetchmail.berlios.de/fetchmail-SA-2005-02.txt	CVE	PatchVendor Advisory
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2006//Aug/msg00000.html	CVE
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=113042785902031&w=2	CVE
http://secunia.com/advisories/17293	CVE	PatchVendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/17349	CVE	Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/17446	CVE	Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/17491	CVE	Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/17495	CVE	Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/17631	CVE	Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/18895	CVE	Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/21253	CVE	Vendor Advisory
http://securitytracker.com/id?1015114	CVE
http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2006&m=slackware-security.443499	CVE
https://usn.ubuntu.com/215-1/	CVE
http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-900	CVE
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200511-06.xml	CVE
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:209	CVE
http://www.osvdb.org/20267	CVE
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-823.html	CVE
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15179	CVE	Patch
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19289	CVE
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-214A.html	CVE	US Government Resource
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/2182	CVE
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3101	CVE
http://fetchmail.berlios.de/fetchmail-SA-2005-02.txt	[email protected]	PatchVendor Advisory
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2006//Aug/msg00000.html	[email protected]
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=113042785902031&w=2	[email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/17293	[email protected]	PatchVendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/17349	[email protected]	Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/17446	[email protected]	Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/17491	[email protected]	Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/17495	[email protected]	Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/17631	[email protected]	Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/18895	[email protected]	Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/21253	[email protected]	Vendor Advisory
http://securitytracker.com/id?1015114	[email protected]
http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2006&m=slackware-security.443499	[email protected]
https://usn.ubuntu.com/215-1/	[email protected]
http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-900	[email protected]
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200511-06.xml	[email protected]
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:209	[email protected]
http://www.osvdb.org/20267	[email protected]
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-823.html	[email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15179	[email protected]	Patch
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19289	[email protected]
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-214A.html	[email protected]	US Government Resource
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/2182	[email protected]
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3101	[email protected]

see all 48 references

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
CWE-200	Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor	[email protected]

Affected Products

Product	Versions
fetchmail fetchmail	6.2.0 6.2.5 6.2.5.2
CPE cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:6.2.0:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:6.2.5:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:6.2.5.2:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.

Change History

7 change records found show changes

Date	Action	Recorded By
Jun 16, 2026	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Apr 16, 2026		[email protected]
Nov 21, 2024	CVE Modified	CVE
May 14, 2024	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Oct 3, 2018	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Oct 18, 2016	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Oct 27, 2005	Initial Analysis	[email protected]