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CVE-2006-5867 Detail

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.


Metrics

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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20070201-01-P.asc CVE, MITRE
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=305391 CVE, MITRE
http://fedoranews.org/cms/node/2429 CVE, MITRE
http://fetchmail.berlios.de/fetchmail-SA-2006-02.txt CVE, MITRE
http://lists.apple.com/archives/Security-announce/2007/Apr/msg00001.html CVE, MITRE
http://osvdb.org/31580 CVE, MITRE
http://secunia.com/advisories/23631 CVE, MITRE Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/23695 CVE, MITRE Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/23714 CVE, MITRE Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/23781 CVE, MITRE Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/23804 CVE, MITRE Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/23838 CVE, MITRE Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/23923 CVE, MITRE Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/24007 CVE, MITRE Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/24151 CVE, MITRE Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/24174 CVE, MITRE Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/24284 CVE, MITRE Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/24966 CVE, MITRE Vendor Advisory 
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200701-13.xml CVE, MITRE
http://securitytracker.com/id?1017478 CVE, MITRE
http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2007&m=slackware-security.517995 CVE, MITRE
http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1259 CVE, MITRE
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:016 CVE, MITRE
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_4_sr.html CVE, MITRE
http://www.openpkg.com/security/advisories/OpenPKG-SA-2007.004.html CVE, MITRE
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0018.html CVE, MITRE
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/456115/100/0/threaded CVE, MITRE
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/460528/100/0/threaded CVE, MITRE
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21903 CVE, MITRE Patch 
http://www.trustix.org/errata/2007/0007 CVE, MITRE
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-405-1 CVE, MITRE
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-109A.html CVE, MITRE US Government Resource 
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0087 CVE, MITRE
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0088 CVE, MITRE
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1470 CVE, MITRE
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-919 CVE, MITRE
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10566 CVE, MITRE

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-20 Improper Input Validation cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2006-5867
NVD Published Date:
12/31/2006
NVD Last Modified:
04/08/2025
Source:
MITRE