CVE-2006-5867
fetchmail TLS MITM vulnerability
Description
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.
INFO
Published Date :
Dec. 31, 2006, 5 a.m.
Last Modified :
April 9, 2025, 12:30 a.m.
Source :
[email protected]
Remotely Exploitable :
Yes !
Impact Score :
6.9
Exploitability Score :
10.0
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CVE-2006-5867
vulnerability over time.
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CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Nov. 21, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20070201-01-P.asc Added Reference http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=305391 Added Reference http://fedoranews.org/cms/node/2429 Added Reference http://fetchmail.berlios.de/fetchmail-SA-2006-02.txt Added Reference http://lists.apple.com/archives/Security-announce/2007/Apr/msg00001.html Added Reference http://osvdb.org/31580 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/23631 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/23695 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/23714 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/23781 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/23804 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/23838 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/23923 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/24007 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/24151 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/24174 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/24284 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/24966 Added Reference http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200701-13.xml Added Reference http://securitytracker.com/id?1017478 Added Reference http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2007&m=slackware-security.517995 Added Reference http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1259 Added Reference http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:016 Added Reference http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_4_sr.html Added Reference http://www.openpkg.com/security/advisories/OpenPKG-SA-2007.004.html Added Reference http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0018.html Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/456115/100/0/threaded Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/460528/100/0/threaded Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21903 Added Reference http://www.trustix.org/errata/2007/0007 Added Reference http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-405-1 Added Reference http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-109A.html Added Reference http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0087 Added Reference http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0088 Added Reference http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1470 Added Reference https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-919 Added Reference https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10566 -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
May. 14, 2024
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CVE Modified by [email protected]
Oct. 17, 2018
Action Type Old Value New Value Removed Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/460528/100/0/threaded [No Types Assigned] Removed Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/456115/100/0/threaded [No Types Assigned] Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/460528/100/0/threaded [No Types Assigned] Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/456115/100/0/threaded [No Types Assigned] -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Oct. 11, 2017
Action Type Old Value New Value Removed Reference http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10566 [No Types Assigned] Added Reference https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10566 [No Types Assigned] -
Initial Analysis by [email protected]
Jan. 09, 2007
Action Type Old Value New Value
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration
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specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or
weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2006-5867
is
associated with the following CWEs:
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification
(CAPEC)
stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and
approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2006-5867
weaknesses.
Exploit Prediction
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.
6.45 }} -3.83%
score
0.90137
percentile