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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.

Published

2006-12-31T05:00:00.000

Last Modified

2025-04-09T00:30:58.490

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 7.8 (HIGH)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N

Access Vector: NETWORK
Access Complexity: LOW
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: COMPLETE
Integrity Impact: NONE
Availability Impact: NONE

Exploitability Score

10.0

Impact Score

6.9

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-20

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	fetchmail	fetchmail	≤ 6.3.6	Yes
Application	fetchmail	fetchmail	4.5.1	Yes
Application	fetchmail	fetchmail	4.5.2	Yes
Application	fetchmail	fetchmail	4.5.3	Yes
Application	fetchmail	fetchmail	4.5.4	Yes
Application	fetchmail	fetchmail	4.5.5	Yes
Application	fetchmail	fetchmail	4.5.6	Yes
Application	fetchmail	fetchmail	4.5.7	Yes
Application	fetchmail	fetchmail	4.5.8	Yes
Application	fetchmail	fetchmail	4.6.0	Yes
Application	fetchmail	fetchmail	4.6.1	Yes
Application	fetchmail	fetchmail	4.6.2	Yes
Application	fetchmail	fetchmail	4.6.3	Yes
Application	fetchmail	fetchmail	4.6.4	Yes
Application	fetchmail	fetchmail	4.6.5	Yes
Application	fetchmail	fetchmail	4.6.6	Yes
Application	fetchmail	fetchmail	4.6.7	Yes
Application	fetchmail	fetchmail	4.6.8	Yes
Application	fetchmail	fetchmail	4.6.9	Yes
Application	fetchmail	fetchmail	4.7.0	Yes
Application	fetchmail	fetchmail	4.7.1	Yes
Application	fetchmail	fetchmail	4.7.2	Yes
Application	fetchmail	fetchmail	4.7.3	Yes
Application	fetchmail	fetchmail	4.7.4	Yes
Application	fetchmail	fetchmail	4.7.5	Yes
Application	fetchmail	fetchmail	4.7.6	Yes
Application	fetchmail	fetchmail	4.7.7	Yes
Application	fetchmail	fetchmail	5.0.0	Yes
Application	fetchmail	fetchmail	5.0.1	Yes
Application	fetchmail	fetchmail	5.0.2	Yes
Application	fetchmail	fetchmail	5.0.3	Yes
Application	fetchmail	fetchmail	5.0.4	Yes
Application	fetchmail	fetchmail	5.0.5	Yes
Application	fetchmail	fetchmail	5.0.6	Yes
Application	fetchmail	fetchmail	5.0.7	Yes
Application	fetchmail	fetchmail	5.0.8	Yes
Application	fetchmail	fetchmail	5.1.0	Yes
Application	fetchmail	fetchmail	5.1.4	Yes
Application	fetchmail	fetchmail	5.2.0	Yes
Application	fetchmail	fetchmail	5.2.1	Yes
Application	fetchmail	fetchmail	5.2.3	Yes
Application	fetchmail	fetchmail	5.2.4	Yes
Application	fetchmail	fetchmail	5.2.7	Yes
Application	fetchmail	fetchmail	5.2.8	Yes
Application	fetchmail	fetchmail	5.3.0	Yes
Application	fetchmail	fetchmail	5.3.1	Yes
Application	fetchmail	fetchmail	5.3.3	Yes
Application	fetchmail	fetchmail	5.3.8	Yes
Application	fetchmail	fetchmail	5.4.0	Yes
Application	fetchmail	fetchmail	5.4.3	Yes
Application	fetchmail	fetchmail	5.4.4	Yes
Application	fetchmail	fetchmail	5.4.5	Yes
Application	fetchmail	fetchmail	5.5.0	Yes
Application	fetchmail	fetchmail	5.5.2	Yes
Application	fetchmail	fetchmail	5.5.3	Yes
Application	fetchmail	fetchmail	5.5.5	Yes
Application	fetchmail	fetchmail	5.5.6	Yes
Application	fetchmail	fetchmail	5.6.0	Yes
Application	fetchmail	fetchmail	5.7.0	Yes
Application	fetchmail	fetchmail	5.7.2	Yes
Application	fetchmail	fetchmail	5.7.4	Yes
Application	fetchmail	fetchmail	5.8	Yes
Application	fetchmail	fetchmail	5.8.1	Yes
Application	fetchmail	fetchmail	5.8.2	Yes
Application	fetchmail	fetchmail	5.8.3	Yes
Application	fetchmail	fetchmail	5.8.4	Yes
Application	fetchmail	fetchmail	5.8.5	Yes
Application	fetchmail	fetchmail	5.8.6	Yes
Application	fetchmail	fetchmail	5.8.11	Yes
Application	fetchmail	fetchmail	5.8.13	Yes
Application	fetchmail	fetchmail	5.8.14	Yes
Application	fetchmail	fetchmail	5.8.17	Yes
Application	fetchmail	fetchmail	5.9.0	Yes
Application	fetchmail	fetchmail	5.9.4	Yes
Application	fetchmail	fetchmail	5.9.5	Yes
Application	fetchmail	fetchmail	5.9.8	Yes
Application	fetchmail	fetchmail	5.9.10	Yes
Application	fetchmail	fetchmail	5.9.11	Yes
Application	fetchmail	fetchmail	5.9.13	Yes
Application	fetchmail	fetchmail	6.0.0	Yes
Application	fetchmail	fetchmail	6.1.0	Yes
Application	fetchmail	fetchmail	6.1.3	Yes
Application	fetchmail	fetchmail	6.2.0	Yes
Application	fetchmail	fetchmail	6.2.1	Yes
Application	fetchmail	fetchmail	6.2.2	Yes
Application	fetchmail	fetchmail	6.2.3	Yes
Application	fetchmail	fetchmail	6.2.4	Yes
Application	fetchmail	fetchmail	6.2.5	Yes
Application	fetchmail	fetchmail	6.2.5.1	Yes
Application	fetchmail	fetchmail	6.2.5.2	Yes
Application	fetchmail	fetchmail	6.2.5.4	Yes
Application	fetchmail	fetchmail	6.2.6	Yes
Application	fetchmail	fetchmail	6.2.6	Yes
Application	fetchmail	fetchmail	6.2.6	Yes
Application	fetchmail	fetchmail	6.2.9	Yes
Application	fetchmail	fetchmail	6.2.9	Yes
Application	fetchmail	fetchmail	6.2.9	Yes
Application	fetchmail	fetchmail	6.2.9	Yes
Application	fetchmail	fetchmail	6.2.9	Yes
Application	fetchmail	fetchmail	6.2.9	Yes
Application	fetchmail	fetchmail	6.2.9	Yes
Application	fetchmail	fetchmail	6.3.0	Yes
Application	fetchmail	fetchmail	6.3.1	Yes
Application	fetchmail	fetchmail	6.3.2	Yes
Application	fetchmail	fetchmail	6.3.3	Yes
Application	fetchmail	fetchmail	6.3.4	Yes
Application	fetchmail	fetchmail	6.3.5	Yes
Application	fetchmail	fetchmail	6.3.6	Yes
Application	fetchmail	fetchmail	6.3.6	Yes

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