CVE-2007-1558

Description

The APOP protocol allows remote attackers to guess the first 3 characters of a password via man-in-the-middle (MITM) attacks that use crafted message IDs and MD5 collisions. NOTE: this design-level issue potentially affects all products that use APOP, including (1) Thunderbird 1.x before 1.5.0.12 and 2.x before 2.0.0.4, (2) Evolution, (3) mutt, (4) fetchmail before 6.3.8, (5) SeaMonkey 1.0.x before 1.0.9 and 1.1.x before 1.1.2, (6) Balsa 2.3.16 and earlier, (7) Mailfilter before 0.8.2, and possibly other products.

2.6

CVSS

Severity: Low

CVSS 2.0 •

EPSS 6.48% Top 10%

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Affected: n/a n/a

References

Link	Tags
http://secunia.com/advisories/25496	third party advisory vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/25529	third party advisory vendor advisory
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=683706
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=305530
http://www.claws-mail.org/news.php
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:107	vendor advisory
http://www.trustix.org/errata/2007/0024/	vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/464569/100/0/threaded	mailing list
http://secunia.com/advisories/25894	third party advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/471455/100/0/threaded	mailing list
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1939	vdb entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/26083	third party advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1468	vdb entry
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-1140.html	vendor advisory
http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c00774579	vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/470172/100/200/threaded	mailing list
http://secunia.com/advisories/26415	third party advisory
http://fetchmail.berlios.de/fetchmail-SA-2007-01.txt
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/08/18/1	mailing list
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2007/May/msg00004.html	vendor advisory
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_14_sr.html	vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/25402	third party advisory vendor advisory
http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c00771742	vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/464477/30/0/threaded	mailing list vendor advisory
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_36_mozilla.html	vendor advisory
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200706-06.xml	vendor advisory
http://sylpheed.sraoss.jp/en/news.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/25534	third party advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1994	vdb entry
http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2007&m=slackware-security.571857	vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/23257	vdb entry patch
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-469-1	vendor advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:131	vendor advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1305	patch vendor advisory
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1231
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1467	vdb entry
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2007/mfsa2007-15.html	patch vendor advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2788	vdb entry
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1424
http://secunia.com/advisories/25664	third party advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:119	vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/25546	third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0353.html	vendor advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0385.html	vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/25858	third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/25798	third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/25353	third party advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0082	vdb entry
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/08/15/1	mailing list
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0401.html	vendor advisory
http://www.trustix.org/errata/2007/0019/	vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/25476	third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/35699	third party advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:113	vendor advisory
http://mail.gnome.org/archives/balsa-list/2007-July/msg00000.html	mailing list
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:105	vendor advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0386.html	vendor advisory
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1232
http://secunia.com/advisories/25750	third party advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/471720/100/0/threaded	mailing list
http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1300	vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/25559	third party advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1466	vdb entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018008	vdb entry
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9782	vdb entry signature
ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20070602-01-P.asc	vendor advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0402.html	vendor advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1480	vdb entry
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-520-1	vendor advisory
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-151A.html	third party advisory us government resource
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0344.html	vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/471842/100/0/threaded	mailing list
http://balsa.gnome.org/download.html

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2007-1558?: CVE-2007-1558 has been scored as a low severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2007-1558?: To fix CVE-2007-1558, 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-2007-1558 being actively exploited in the wild?: It is possible that CVE-2007-1558 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.