CVE-2005-3088
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
02 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
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 0.45% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 39.0% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- Low. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2005-10-27 04:00Z21 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 23:01Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2005-09-28
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-200Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized ActorClass
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 7082b0edd5f565d7e25bb0dc1cf40dd59d4ffda513f157de7d56f0e1932023c7
05 Affected products
06 References
- www.vupen.comADV-2005-2182http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/2182
- lists.apple.comAPPLE-SA-2006-08-01http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2006//Aug/msg00000.html
- www.osvdb.org20267http://www.osvdb.org/20267
- secunia.com17293http://secunia.com/advisories/17293
- secunia.com17349http://secunia.com/advisories/17349
- secunia.com17446http://secunia.com/advisories/17446
- www.vupen.comADV-2006-3101http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3101
- securitytracker.com1015114http://securitytracker.com/id?1015114
- secunia.com21253http://secunia.com/advisories/21253
- slackware.comSSA:2006-045-01http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2006&m=slackware-security.443499
- www.securityfocus.com19289http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19289
- www.us-cert.govTA06-214Ahttp://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-214A.html
- marc.info20051027 fetchmail security announcement 2005-02 (CVE-2005-3088)http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=113042785902031&w=2
- fetchmail.berlios.dehttp://fetchmail.berlios.de/fetchmail-SA-2005-02.txt
- www.debian.orgDSA-900http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-900
- www.securityfocus.com15179http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15179
- www.redhat.comRHSA-2005:823http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-823.html
- secunia.com17495http://secunia.com/advisories/17495
- usn.ubuntu.comUSN-215-1https://usn.ubuntu.com/215-1/
- www.mandriva.comMDKSA-2005:209http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:209
- secunia.com17491http://secunia.com/advisories/17491
- secunia.com18895http://secunia.com/advisories/18895
- www.gentoo.orgGLSA-200511-06http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200511-06.xml
- secunia.com17631http://secunia.com/advisories/17631
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- fetchmail Fixed in 6.2.5.4-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- fetchmail Fixed in 6.2.5.4-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- fetchmail Fixed in 6.2.5.4-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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