CVE-2006-5867

Description

fetchmail before 6.3.6-rc4 does not properly enforce TLS and may transmit cleartext passwords over unsecured links if certain circumstances occur, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via man-in-the-middle (MITM) attacks.

Category

7.8
CVSS
Severity: High
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 6.45% Top 10%
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References

Link Tags
http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2007&m=slackware-security.517995 vendor advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-405-1 vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/24966 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://osvdb.org/31580 vdb entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/23781 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/24174 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1259 vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/23838 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/24151 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=305391
http://secunia.com/advisories/23714 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21903 vdb entry patch
http://secunia.com/advisories/24284 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/23631 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/24007 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/23804 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/456115/100/0/threaded mailing list
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0088 vdb entry
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_4_sr.html vendor advisory
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-109A.html third party advisory us government resource
http://secunia.com/advisories/23695 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://fetchmail.berlios.de/fetchmail-SA-2006-02.txt
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:016 vendor advisory
http://fedoranews.org/cms/node/2429 vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/23923 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.openpkg.com/security/advisories/OpenPKG-SA-2007.004.html vendor advisory
http://www.trustix.org/errata/2007/0007 vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/460528/100/0/threaded mailing list
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200701-13.xml vendor advisory
http://securitytracker.com/id?1017478 vdb entry
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-919
ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20070201-01-P.asc vendor advisory
http://lists.apple.com/archives/Security-announce/2007/Apr/msg00001.html vendor advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1470 vdb entry
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0087 vdb entry
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0018.html vendor advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10566 vdb entry signature

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2006-5867?
CVE-2006-5867 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2006-5867?
To fix CVE-2006-5867, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2006-5867 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2006-5867 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~6% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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