CVE-2001-1378 - Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')

Severity

21%

Complexity

39%

Confidentiality

48%

fetchmailconf in fetchmail before 5.7.4 allows local users to overwrite files of other users via a symlink attack on temporary files.

fetchmailconf in fetchmail before 5.7.4 allows local users to overwrite files of other users via a symlink attack on temporary files.

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 2.1. CVSS Attack Vector: local. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N).

Overview

Type

Fetchmail

First reported 23 years ago

2001-09-06 04:00:00

Last updated 14 years ago

2011-02-16 05:00:00

Affected Software

Fetchmail 4.5.1

4.5.1

Fetchmail 4.5.2

4.5.2

Fetchmail 4.5.3

4.5.3

Fetchmail 4.5.4

4.5.4

Fetchmail 4.5.5

4.5.5

Fetchmail 4.5.6

4.5.6

Fetchmail 4.5.7

4.5.7

Fetchmail 4.5.8

4.5.8

Fetchmail 4.6.0

4.6.0

Fetchmail 4.6.1

4.6.1

Fetchmail 4.6.2

4.6.2

Fetchmail 4.6.3

4.6.3

Fetchmail 4.6.4

4.6.4

Fetchmail 4.6.5

4.6.5

Fetchmail 4.6.6

4.6.6

Fetchmail 4.6.7

4.6.7

Fetchmail 4.6.8

4.6.8

Fetchmail 4.6.9

4.6.9

Fetchmail 4.7.0

4.7.0

Fetchmail 4.7.1

4.7.1

Fetchmail 4.7.2

4.7.2

Fetchmail 4.7.3

4.7.3

Fetchmail 4.7.4

4.7.4

Fetchmail 4.7.5

4.7.5

Fetchmail 4.7.6

4.7.6

Fetchmail 4.7.7

4.7.7

Fetchmail 5.0.0

5.0.0

Fetchmail 5.0.1

5.0.1

Fetchmail 5.0.2

5.0.2

Fetchmail 5.0.3

5.0.3

Fetchmail 5.0.4

5.0.4

Fetchmail 5.0.5

5.0.5

Fetchmail 5.0.6

5.0.6

Fetchmail 5.0.7

5.0.7

Fetchmail 5.0.8

5.0.8

Fetchmail 5.1.0

5.1.0

Fetchmail 5.1.4

5.1.4

Fetchmail 5.2.0

5.2.0

Fetchmail 5.2.1

5.2.1

Fetchmail 5.2.3

5.2.3

Fetchmail 5.2.4

5.2.4

Fetchmail 5.2.7

5.2.7

Fetchmail 5.2.8

5.2.8

Fetchmail 5.3.0

5.3.0

Fetchmail 5.3.1

5.3.1

Fetchmail 5.3.3

5.3.3

Fetchmail 5.3.8

5.3.8

Fetchmail 5.4.0

5.4.0

Fetchmail 5.4.3

5.4.3

Fetchmail 5.4.4

5.4.4

Fetchmail 5.4.5

5.4.5

Fetchmail 5.5.0

5.5.0

Fetchmail 5.5.2

5.5.2

Fetchmail 5.5.3

5.5.3

Fetchmail 5.5.5

5.5.5

Fetchmail 5.5.6

5.5.6

Fetchmail 5.6.0

5.6.0

Fetchmail 5.7.0

5.7.0

References

http://lists.ccil.org/pipermail/fetchmail-announce/2001-March/000015.html

RHSA-2001:103

Patch

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