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 passwords.
Fixed in Linux distributions
Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.
Debian
Security tracker ↗Advisories 1
- DSA-900-3 fetchmail - programming error Debian Security (DSA / DLA) · Mar 9, 2026
References
- ADV-2005-2182 vdb-entry
- APPLE-SA-2006-08-01 vendor-advisory
- 20267 vdb-entry
- 17293 third-party-advisory
- 17349 third-party-advisory
- 17446 third-party-advisory
- ADV-2006-3101 vdb-entry
- 1015114 vdb-entry
- 21253 third-party-advisory
- SSA:2006-045-01 vendor-advisory
- 19289 vdb-entry
- TA06-214A third-party-advisory
- 20051027 fetchmail security announcement 2005-02 (CVE-2005-3088) mailing-list
- http://fetchmail.berlios.de/fetchmail-SA-2005-02.txt
- DSA-900 vendor-advisory
- 15179 vdb-entry
- RHSA-2005:823 vendor-advisory
- 17495 third-party-advisory
- USN-215-1 vendor-advisory
- MDKSA-2005:209 vendor-advisory
- 17491 third-party-advisory
- 18895 third-party-advisory
- GLSA-200511-06 vendor-advisory
- 17631 third-party-advisory