Solution
Please Install the Updated Packages.
Insight
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.
The updated packages have been patched to correct this problem.
Affected
fetchmail on Mandriva Linux 2006.0,
Mandriva Linux 2006.0/X86_64,
Mandriva Linux 2007.0,
Mandriva Linux 2007.0/X86_64
Severity
Classification
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CVE CVE-2006-5867 -
CVSS Base Score: 7.8
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N
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