Information Exposure Affecting fetchmail package, versions <6.2.5.4-1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.45% (36th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ECHOLATEST-FETCHMAIL-20044288
  • published22 Sept 2026
  • disclosed27 Oct 2005

Introduced: 27 Oct 2005

CVE-2005-3088  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-200  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Echo:latest fetchmail to version 6.2.5.4-1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream fetchmail package and not the fetchmail package as distributed by Echo. See How to fix? for Echo:latest relevant fixed versions and status.

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.

CVSS Base Scores

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