CVE-2005-3088
fetchmail - programming error
EPSS 0.09%
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.
How to fix CVE-2005-3088
To remediate CVE-2005-3088, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Debian/fetchmail—upgrade to 6.2.5.4-1 or later
- Debian/fetchmail—upgrade to 5.9.11-6.4 or later
- Debian/fetchmail-ssl—upgrade to 5.9.11-6.3 or later
Is CVE-2005-3088 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.1%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (3)
- from 0, < 6.2.5.4-1
- from 0, < 5.9.11-6.4
- from 0, < 5.9.11-6.3