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fetchmail-SA-2005-02: security announcement
Topic: password exposure in fetchmailconf
Author: Matthias Andree
-Version: 1.02
+Version: 1.03
Announced: 2005-10-21
Type: insecure creation of file
Impact: passwords are written to a world-readable file
fetchmailconf 1.43.1 (shipped separately, now withdrawn)
(other versions have not been checked but are presumed affected)
-Not affected: fetchmail 6.2.9-rc6
- fetchmailconf 1.43.2 (use this for fetchmail-6.2.5.2)
- fetchmailconf 1.49 (shipped with 6.2.9-rc6)
- fetchmail 6.3.0 (not released yet)
+Not affected: fetchmailconf 1.43.2 (use this for fetchmail-6.2.5.2)
+ fetchmail 6.2.5.4
+ fetchmail 6.3.0
Corrected: 2005-09-28 01:14 UTC (SVN) - committed bugfix (r4351)
2005-10-21 - released fetchmailconf-1.43.2
- 2005-10-21 - released fetchmail 6.2.9-rc6
+ 2005-11-13 - released fetchmail 6.2.5.4
+ 2005-11-30 - released fetchmail 6.3.0
0. Release history
==================
- added Credits
2005-10-27 1.02 - reformatted section 0
- updated CVE Name to new naming scheme
+2005-12-08 1.03 - update version information and solution
1. Background
=============
4. Solution
===========
-For users of fetchmail-6.2.5.2:
--------------------------------
-Download fetchmailconf-1.43.2.gz from fetchmail's project site
-<http://developer.berlios.de/project/showfiles.php?group_id=1824&release_id=6617>,
-gunzip it, then replace your existing fetchmailconf with it.
-
-For users of fetchmail-6.2.6* or 6.2.9* before 6.2.9-rc6:
----------------------------------------------------------
-update to the latest fetchmail-devel package, 6.2.9-rc6 on 2005-10-21.
-<https://developer.berlios.de/project/showfiles.php?group_id=1824>
+Download and install fetchmail 6.3.0 or a newer stable release from
+fetchmail's project site at
+<http://developer.berlios.de/project/showfiles.php?group_id=1824&release_id=6617>.
A. References
=============
(C) Copyright 2005 by Matthias Andree, <matthias.andree@gmx.de>.
Some rights reserved.
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-or send a letter to Creative Commons; 559 Nathan Abbott Way;
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+This work is licensed under the
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+
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THIS WORK IS PROVIDED FREE OF CHARGE AND WITHOUT ANY WARRANTIES.
Use the information herein at your own risk.
END OF fetchmail-SA-2005-02.txt
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