Information disclosure in Fetchmail

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 passwords.

Vulnerability class: Information Disclosure

EPSS: 0.005 (37.0th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

Affected products

  • Fetchmail — versions 6.2.0, 6.2.5, 6.2.5.2
  • N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

References