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CVE-2006-5867
fetchmail before 6.3.6-rc4 does not properly enforce TLS and may transmit cleartext passwords over unsecured links if certain…
- 7.8HighCVSS base score
- 4.5%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 8.4% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
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.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 56 days later
· 56 days later
Published
- 18 years later
· 18 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High7.8 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 4.5% · top 8.4% of all CVEs (11 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.8.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
References36
- SSA:2007-024-01 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SLACKWAREx_transferred
- USN-405-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- 24966 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 31580 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- 23781 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 24174 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- DSA-1259 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- 23838 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 24151 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=305391 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 23714 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 21903 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 24284 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 23631 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 24007 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 23804 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 20070105 fetchmail security announcement 2006-02 (CVE-2006-5867) (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- ADV-2007-0088 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- SUSE-SR:2007:004 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- TA07-109A (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERTx_transferred
- 23695 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://fetchmail.berlios.de/fetchmail-SA-2006-02.txt (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- MDKSA-2007:016 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
- FEDORA-2007-041 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- 23923 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- OpenPKG-SA-2007.004 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_OPENPKGx_transferred
- 2007-0007 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_TRUSTIXx_transferred
- 20070218 Re: [SECURITY] [DSA 1259-1] New fetchmail packages fix information disclosure (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- GLSA-200701-13 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- 1017478 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-919 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- APPLE-SA-2007-04-19 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLEx_transferred
- ADV-2007-1470 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- ADV-2007-0087 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- RHSA-2007:0018 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10566 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2006-5851 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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