fetchmail - [fork] set imap idle timeout to 600s, some servers don't follow rfc recommendations

	Commit message (Collapse)	Author	Age	Files	Lines
*	Move a handful of scripts (used for releases, testing, etc.) to dist-tools, ↵	Graham Wilson	2004-08-30	1	-0/+114
	so that they are not released in the tarball. svn path=/trunk/; revision=3934

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 fetchmail-SA-2005-02: security announcement Topic: password exposure in fetchmailconf Author: Matthias Andree Version: 1.03 Announced: 2005-10-21 Type: insecure creation of file Impact: passwords are written to a world-readable file Danger: medium Credits: Thomas Wolff, Miloslav Trmac for pointing out that fetchmailconf 1.43.1 was also flawed CVE Name: CVE-2005-3088 URL: http://fetchmail.sourceforge.net/fetchmail-SA-2005-02.txt Affects: fetchmail version 6.2.5.2 fetchmail version 6.2.5 fetchmail version 6.2.0 fetchmailconf 1.43 (shipped with 6.2.0, 6.2.5 and 6.2.5.2) fetchmailconf 1.43.1 (shipped separately, now withdrawn) (other versions have not been checked but are presumed affected) Not affected: fetchmailconf 1.43.2 (use this for fetchmail-6.2.5.2) fetchmail 6.2.5.4 fetchmail 6.3.0 Corrected: 2005-09-28 01:14 UTC (SVN) - committed bugfix (r4351) 2005-10-21 - released fetchmailconf-1.43.2 2005-11-13 - released fetchmail 6.2.5.4 2005-11-30 - released fetchmail 6.3.0 0. Release history ================== 2005-10-21 1.00 - initial version (shipped with -rc6) 2005-10-21 1.01 - marked 1.43.1 vulnerable - revised section 4 - added Credits 2005-10-27 1.02 - reformatted section 0 - updated CVE Name to new naming scheme 2005-12-08 1.03 - update version information and solution 1. Background ============= fetchmail is a software package to retrieve mail from remote POP2, POP3, IMAP, ETRN or ODMR servers and forward it to local SMTP, LMTP servers or message delivery agents. fetchmail ships with a graphical, Python/Tkinter based configuration utility named "fetchmailconf" to help the user create configuration (run control) files for fetchmail. 2. Problem description and Impact ================================= The fetchmailconf program before and excluding version 1.49 opened the run control file, wrote the configuration to it, and only then changed the mode to 0600 (rw-------). Writing the file, which usually contains passwords, before making it unreadable to other users, can expose sensitive password information. 3. Workaround ============= Run "umask 077", then run "fetchmailconf" from the same shell. After fetchmailconf has finished, you can restore your old umask. 4. Solution =========== Download and install fetchmail 6.3.0 or a newer stable release from fetchmail's project site at <http://sourceforge.net/projects/fetchmail/files/&release_id=6617>. A. References ============= fetchmail home page: <http://fetchmail.sourceforge.net/> B. Copyright, License and Warranty ================================== (C) Copyright 2005 by Matthias Andree, <matthias.andree@gmx.de>. Some rights reserved. This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivs 3.0 Germany License (CC BY-ND 3.0). To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/3.0/de/deed.en or send a letter to: Creative Commons 444 Castro Street Suite 900 MOUNTAIN VIEW, CALIFORNIA 94041 USA THIS WORK IS PROVIDED FREE OF CHARGE AND WITHOUT ANY WARRANTIES. Use the information herein at your own risk. END OF fetchmail-SA-2005-02.txt -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.11 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAlN9DK0ACgkQvmGDOQUufZUzEQCg4GOxtrGvWtdZG0NE99DMmPOY Tb8AnixEWIjzEr7D/FYxK3Hj2nl6f+pG =Dzx9 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----