Date: Tue, 19 Jun 2007 11:49:53 -0400
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Subject: rPSA-2007-0127-1 fetchmail
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rPath Security Advisory: 2007-0127-1
Published: 2007-06-19
Products: rPath Linux 1
Rating: Minor
Exposure Level Classification:
Indirect User Deterministic Information Exposure
Updated Versions:
fetchmail=/conary.rpath.com@rpl:devel//1/6.3.8-0.1-1
References:
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-1558
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1231
Description:
Previous versions of the fetchmail package are vulnerable to a
man-in-the-middle attack in which an attacker, using a hostile
server masquerading as a user's APOP server, may determine some
characters of the user's password.
Copyright 2007 rPath, Inc.
This file is distributed under the terms of the MIT License.
A copy is available at http://www.rpath.com/permanent/mit-license.html
