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FreeBSD : fetchmail -- fetchmailconf local password exposure (baf74e0b-497a-11da-a4f4-0060084a00e5)

low Nessus Plugin ID 21503

Synopsis

The remote FreeBSD host is missing a security-related update.

Description

The fetchmail team reports :

The fetchmailconf program before and excluding version 1.49 opened the run control file, wrote the configuration to it, and only then changed the mode to 0600 (rw-------). Writing the file, which usually contains passwords, before making it unreadable to other users, can expose sensitive password information.

Solution

Update the affected package.

See Also

http://www.fetchmail.info/fetchmail-SA-2005-02.txt

http://www.nessus.org/u?df693e30

Plugin Details

Severity: Low

ID: 21503

File Name: freebsd_pkg_baf74e0b497a11daa4f40060084a00e5.nasl

Version: 1.12

Type: local

Published: 5/13/2006

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.2

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 2.1

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:fetchmail, cpe:/o:freebsd:freebsd

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/FreeBSD/release, Host/FreeBSD/pkg_info

Patch Publication Date: 10/30/2005

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/21/2005

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2005-3088