security flaw
Published Oct 27, 2005
2.1
LOWCVSS 2.0
EPSS 0.45%
Description
fetchmailconf before 1.49 in fetchmail 6.2.0, 6.2.5 and 6.2.5.2 creates configuration files with insecure world-readable permissions, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information such as passwords.
Affected products
No data.
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (Advanced Server) version 2.1
n/a
Fixed · RHSA-2005:823
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 2.1
n/a
Fixed · RHSA-2005:823
Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 2.1
n/a
Fixed · RHSA-2005:823
Red Hat Linux Advanced Workstation 2.1
n/a
Fixed · RHSA-2005:823
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (Advanced Server) version 2.1 | n/a | Fixed | RHSA-2005:823 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 2.1 | n/a | Fixed | RHSA-2005:823 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 2.1 | n/a | Fixed | RHSA-2005:823 |
| Red Hat Linux Advanced Workstation 2.1 | n/a | Fixed | RHSA-2005:823 |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (12 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 0.45% (0.00453) | 37.00th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 0.45% (0.00453) | 35.72th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.09% (0.00093) | 24.15th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.07% (0.00074) | 33.92th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jun 26, 2024 | 0.09% (0.00086) | 36.83th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 16, 2024 | 0.09% (0.00086) | 34.81th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Sep 17, 2023 | 0.06% (0.00061) | 23.98th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.04% (0.00043) | 7.41th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.55% (0.01547) | 74.98th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 23, 2023 | 1.55% (0.01547) | 74.94th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.55% (0.01547) | 72.92th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.55% (0.01547) | 51.82th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (28)
- http://fetchmail.berlios.de/fetchmail-SA-2005-02.txt x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchVendor Advisory
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2006//Aug/msg00000.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLE
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=113042785902031&w=2 mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17293 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAPatchVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17349 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17446 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17491 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17495 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17631 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/18895 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21253 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1015114 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
- http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2006&m=slackware-security.443499 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SLACKWARE
- http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-900 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200511-06.xml vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:209 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA
- http://www.osvdb.org/20267 vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-823.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15179 vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDPatch
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19289 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-214A.html third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERTUS Government Resource
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/2182 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3101 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2005-3088 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1617779 Issue Tracking
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2005-3088
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/215-1/ vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2005-3088
Change history (0)
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