>> Fetchmail Security Update Fixes APOP Protocol Information Disclosure Weakness
Title : Fetchmail Security Update Fixes APOP Protocol Information Disclosure Weakness VUPEN ID : VUPEN/ADV-2007-1467 CVE ID : CVE-2007-1558
Rated as : Low Risk
Remotely Exploitable : Yes Locally Exploitable : Yes Release Date : 2007-04-19
Technical Description
A weakness has been identified in Fetchmail, which could be exploited by remote attackers to gain knowledge of sensitive information. This issue is caused by an error in the APOP protocol that fails to properly prevent MD5 collisions, which could be exploited via man-in-the-middle attacks and specially crafted message-IDs to potentially disclose the first three characters of passwords.
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