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1 files changed, 5 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/fetchmailconf b/fetchmailconf
index 2577894f..d2ee951f 100755
--- a/fetchmailconf
+++ b/fetchmailconf
@@ -1831,12 +1831,14 @@ gUSiYASJpMEHhilJTEnhAlGoQqYAZQ1AiqEMZ0jDGtqQImhwwA13yMMevoQAGvGhEAWHGMOAAAA7
ServerDefaults = Server()
UserDefaults = User()
- # Read the existing configuration
+ # Read the existing configuration. We set the umask to 077 to make sure
+ # that group & other read/write permissions are shut off -- we wouldn't
+ # want crackers to snoop password information out of the tempfile.
tmpfile = "/tmp/fetchmailconf." + `os.getpid()`
if rcfile:
- cmd = "fetchmail -f " + rcfile + " --configdump --nosyslog >" + tmpfile
+ cmd = "umask 077; fetchmail -f " + rcfile + " --configdump --nosyslog >" + tmpfile
else:
- cmd = "fetchmail --configdump --nosyslog >" + tmpfile
+ cmd = "umask 077; fetchmail --configdump --nosyslog >" + tmpfile
try:
s = os.system(cmd)