fetchmail 6.2.0/6.2.5/6.2.5.2 Configuration File information disclosure

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in fetchmail 6.2.0/6.2.5/6.2.5.2. Impacted is an unknown function of the component Configuration File. The manipulation leads to information disclosure. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2005-3088. Furthermore, there is an exploit available. Adding more authentication is recommended.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in fetchmail 6.2.0/6.2.5/6.2.5.2. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component Configuration File. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. Impacted is confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:

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.

The bug was discovered 10/21/2005. The weakness was shared 10/21/2005 by Thomas Wolff (Website). The advisory is shared at us-cert.gov. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2005-3088 since 09/28/2005. The exploitation is known to be easy. An attack has to be approached locally. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Technical details are unknown but an exploit is available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1592 for this issue.

After even before and not, there has been an exploit disclosed. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 21503 (FreeBSD : fetchmail -- fetchmailconf local password exposure (baf74e0b-497a-11da-a4f4-0060084a00e5)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family FreeBSD Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 115383 (Apple Mac OS X Security Update 2006-004 Not Installed (APPLE-SA-2006-08-01)).

Upgrading to version 1.49 eliminates this vulnerability. It is possible to mitigate the problem by adding an authentication mechanism. The best possible mitigation is suggested to be adding authentication. A possible mitigation has been published 2 weeks after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (22842), Tenable (21503), SecurityFocus (BID 15179†), OSVDB (20267†) and Secunia (SA17293†). The entries VDB-1998, VDB-25873, VDB-31631 and VDB-31630 are related to this item. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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Class: Information disclosure
CWE: CWE-200 / CWE-284 / CWE-266
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Status: Proof-of-Concept

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Nessus ID: 21503
Nessus Name: FreeBSD : fetchmail -- fetchmailconf local password exposure (baf74e0b-497a-11da-a4f4-0060084a00e5)
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OpenVAS ID: 55887
OpenVAS Name: Debian Security Advisory DSA 900-1 (fetchmail)
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Recommended: Authentication
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Upgrade: fetchmail 1.49
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09/28/2005 🔍
10/21/2005 +23 days 🔍
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10/24/2005 +2 days 🔍
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10/27/2005 +2 days 🔍
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10/30/2005 +3 days 🔍
10/31/2005 +1 days 🔍
05/13/2006 +194 days 🔍
03/11/2015 +3224 days 🔍
06/10/2019 +1552 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: us-cert.gov
Researcher: Thomas Wolff
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2005-3088 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2005-3088
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-26669
X-Force: 22842
SecurityFocus: 15179 - Fetchmail's FetchmailConf Utility Local Information Disclosure Vulnerability
Secunia: 17293 - Fetchmail "fetchmailconf" Password Disclosure Vulnerability, Less Critical
OSVDB: 20267 - Fetchmail fetchmailconf Race Condition Password Disclosure
SecurityTracker: 1015114
Vulnerability Center: 9499 - Fetchmail Creates World-Readable Configuration Files, Low
Vupen: ADV-2005-2182

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Entryinfo

Created: 03/11/2015 23:39
Updated: 06/10/2019 18:47
Changes: 03/11/2015 23:39 (91), 06/10/2019 18:47 (3)
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Cache ID: 216:1B5:103

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