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Fetchmail "fetchmailconf" Password Disclosure Vulnerability
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA17293
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Release Date:
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2005-10-24
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Popularity:
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8,662 views
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Critical:
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Less critical
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Impact:
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Exposure of sensitive information
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Where:
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Local system
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Solution Status:
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Vendor Patch
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| Software: | Fetchmail 6.x
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| CVE reference: | CVE-2005-3088
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Description:
A vulnerability has been reported in Fetchmail, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to gain knowledge of certain sensitive information.
The vulnerability is caused due to the "fetchmailconf" program writing configuration information to the "run control" file before changing its file permissions to prevent it from being read by other users. This can be exploited by malicious users to gain knowledge of sensitive information such as passwords.
The vulnerability has been reported in the following versions:
* fetchmail version 6.2.5.2
* fetchmail version 6.2.5
* fetchmail version 6.2.0
* fetchmailconf 1.43 (included with fetchmail 6.2.0, 6.2.5 and 6.2.5.2)
* fetchmailconf 1.43.1
Prior versions may also be affected.
Solution:
Update to the fixed version.
Users of fetchmail-6.2.5.2:
Update to fetchmailconf version 1.43.2.
http://developer.berlios.de/project/s...php?group_id=1824&release_id=6617
Users of fetchmail-6.2.6* or 6.2.9* before 6.2.9-rc6:
The vulnerability has been fixed in fetchmail version 6.2.9-rc6.
https://developer.berlios.de/project/showfiles.php?group_id=1824
Provided and/or discovered by:
The vendor credits Thomas Wolff and Miloslav Trmac.
Original Advisory:
http://fetchmail.berlios.de/fetchmail-SA-2005-02.txt
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