openSUSE 10 Security Update : fetchmail (fetchmail-2602)

Three security issues have been fixed in fetchmail : CVE-2005-4348: fetchmail when configured for multidrop mode, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service application crash by sending messages without headers from upstream mail servers. CVE-2006-5867: fetchmail did not properly enforc...

FreeBSD : fetchmail -- TLS enforcement problem/MITM attack/password exposure (5238ac45-9d8c-11db-858b-0060084a00e5)

Matthias Andree reports : Fetchmail has had several longstanding password disclosure vulnerabilities. - sslcertck/sslfingerprint options should have implied 'sslproto tls1' in order to enforce TLS negotiation, but did not. - Even with 'sslproto tls1' in the config, fetches would go ahead in plain...

fetchmail security announcement 2006-02 (CVE-2006-5867)

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 fetchmail-SA-2006-02: TLS enforcement problem/MITM attack/password exposure Topics: fetchmail cannot enforce TLS Author: Matthias Andree Version: 1.0 Announced: 2007-01-04 Type: secret information disclosure Impact: fetchmail can expose cleartext...

fetchmail -- TLS enforcement problem/MITM attack/password exposure

Matthias Andree reports: Fetchmail has had several longstanding password disclosure vulnerabilities. sslcertck/sslfingerprint options should have implied "sslproto tls1" in order to enforce TLS negotiation, but did not. Even with "sslproto tls1" in the config, fetches would go ahead in plain text...

CVE-2006-5867

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...