CVE-2006-5867

fetchmail < 6.3.6 - Cleartext Password Transmission via TLS Enforcement Bypass

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

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.

References (37)

Core 37
Core References
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=305391
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_trustix
http://www.trustix.org/errata/2007/0007
Issue Tracking x_refsource_confirm
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-919
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_ubuntu
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-405-1
Vendor Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/24966
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_osvdb
http://osvdb.org/31580
Vendor Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/23781
Vendor Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/24174
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_debian
http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1259
Vendor Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/23838
Vendor Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/24151
Vendor Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/23714
Patch vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21903
Vendor Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/24284
Vendor Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/23631
Vendor Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/24007
Vendor Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/23804
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry mailing-list x_refsource_bugtraq
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/456115/100/0/threaded
Third Party Advisory vdb-entry x_refsource_vupen
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0088
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_suse
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_4_sr.html
US Government Resource third-party-advisory x_refsource_cert
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-109A.html
Vendor Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/23695
Various Sources x_refsource_confirm
http://fetchmail.berlios.de/fetchmail-SA-2006-02.txt
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_mandriva
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:016
Mailing List vendor-advisory x_refsource_fedora
http://fedoranews.org/cms/node/2429
Vendor Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/23923
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_openpkg
http://www.openpkg.com/security/advisories/OpenPKG-SA-2007.004.html
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry mailing-list x_refsource_bugtraq
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/460528/100/0/threaded
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_gentoo
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200701-13.xml
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_sectrack
http://securitytracker.com/id?1017478
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_sgi
ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20070201-01-P.asc
Mailing List vendor-advisory x_refsource_apple
http://lists.apple.com/archives/Security-announce/2007/Apr/msg00001.html
Third Party Advisory vdb-entry x_refsource_vupen
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1470
Third Party Advisory vdb-entry x_refsource_vupen
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0087
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0018.html
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry signature x_refsource_oval
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10566

Scores

EPSS 0.0425
EPSS Percentile 89.9%

Details

CWE
CWE-20
Status published
Products (50)
fetchmail/fetchmail 4.5.1
fetchmail/fetchmail 4.5.2
fetchmail/fetchmail 4.5.3
fetchmail/fetchmail 4.5.4
fetchmail/fetchmail 4.5.5
fetchmail/fetchmail 4.5.6
fetchmail/fetchmail 4.5.7
fetchmail/fetchmail 4.5.8
fetchmail/fetchmail 4.6.0
fetchmail/fetchmail 4.6.1
... and 40 more
Published Dec 31, 2006
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026