The fetchmail package in Debian is missing an update and is vulnerable to password leakage due to an insecure configuration creation process
Reporter | Title | Published | Views | Family All 37 |
---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | FreeBSD : fetchmail -- fetchmailconf local password exposure (baf74e0b-497a-11da-a4f4-0060084a00e5) | 13 May 200600:00 | – | nessus |
![]() | Ubuntu 4.10 / 5.04 / 5.10 : fetchmail vulnerability (USN-215-1) | 15 Jan 200600:00 | – | nessus |
![]() | GLSA-200511-06 : fetchmail: Password exposure in fetchmailconf | 7 Nov 200500:00 | – | nessus |
![]() | Debian DSA-900-3 : fetchmail - programming error | 14 Oct 200600:00 | – | nessus |
![]() | RHEL 2.1 : fetchmail (RHSA-2005:823) | 28 Oct 200500:00 | – | nessus |
![]() | Slackware 10.0 / 10.1 / 10.2 / 8.1 / 9.0 / 9.1 / current : fetchmail (SSA:2006-045-01) | 15 Feb 200600:00 | – | nessus |
![]() | Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : fetchmail (MDKSA-2005:209) | 15 Jan 200600:00 | – | nessus |
![]() | Mac OS X Multiple Vulnerabilities (Security Update 2006-004) | 1 Aug 200600:00 | – | nessus |
![]() | CVE-2005-3088 | 27 Oct 200500:00 | – | ubuntucve |
![]() | Debian: Security Advisory (DSA-900-3) | 17 Jan 200800:00 | – | openvas |
# OpenVAS Vulnerability Test
# $Id: deb_900_1.nasl 6616 2017-07-07 12:10:49Z cfischer $
# Description: Auto-generated from advisory DSA 900-1
#
# Authors:
# Thomas Reinke <[email protected]>
#
# Copyright:
# Copyright (c) 2007 E-Soft Inc. http://www.securityspace.com
# Text descriptions are largerly excerpted from the referenced
# advisory, and are Copyright (c) the respective author(s)
#
# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2,
# as published by the Free Software Foundation
#
# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
# GNU General Public License for more details.
#
# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
# along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
# Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
#
include("revisions-lib.inc");
tag_solution = "For the stable distribution (sarge) this problem has been fixed in
version 6.2.5-12sarge3.
For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem has been fixed in
version 6.2.5.4-1.
We recommend that you upgrade your fetchmail package.
https://secure1.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=DSA%20900-1";
tag_summary = "The remote host is missing an update to fetchmail
announced via advisory DSA 900-1.
Thomas Wolff discovered that the fetchmailconfig program which is
provided as part of fetchmail, an SSL enabled POP3, APOP, IMAP mail
gatherer/forwarder, creates the new configuration in an insecure
fashion that can lead to leaking passwords for mail accounts to local
users.
This update also fixes a regression in the package for stable caused
by the last security update.
For the old stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in
version 5.9.11-6.3.";
if(description)
{
script_id(55887);
script_version("$Revision: 6616 $");
script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"$Date: 2017-07-07 14:10:49 +0200 (Fri, 07 Jul 2017) $");
script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2008-01-17 23:07:13 +0100 (Thu, 17 Jan 2008)");
script_bugtraq_id(15179);
script_cve_id("CVE-2005-3088");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"2.1");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N");
script_name("Debian Security Advisory DSA 900-1 (fetchmail)");
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright("Copyright (c) 2005 E-Soft Inc. http://www.securityspace.com");
script_family("Debian Local Security Checks");
script_dependencies("gather-package-list.nasl");
script_mandatory_keys("ssh/login/debian_linux", "ssh/login/packages");
script_tag(name : "solution" , value : tag_solution);
script_tag(name : "summary" , value : tag_summary);
script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"package");
script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
exit(0);
}
#
# The script code starts here
#
include("pkg-lib-deb.inc");
res = "";
report = "";
if ((res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"fetchmail-common", ver:"5.9.11-6.3", rls:"DEB3.0")) != NULL) {
report += res;
}
if ((res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"fetchmailconf", ver:"5.9.11-6.3", rls:"DEB3.0")) != NULL) {
report += res;
}
if ((res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"fetchmail", ver:"5.9.11-6.3", rls:"DEB3.0")) != NULL) {
report += res;
}
if ((res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"fetchmail-ssl", ver:"6.2.5-12sarge3", rls:"DEB3.1")) != NULL) {
report += res;
}
if ((res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"fetchmailconf", ver:"6.2.5-12sarge3", rls:"DEB3.1")) != NULL) {
report += res;
}
if ((res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"fetchmail", ver:"6.2.5-12sarge3", rls:"DEB3.1")) != NULL) {
report += res;
}
if (report != "") {
security_message(data:report);
} else if (__pkg_match) {
exit(99); # Not vulnerable.
}
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