Fetchmail before 6.4.22 fails to enforce STARTTLS session encryption in some circumstances, such as a certain situation with IMAP and PREAUTH.
CVSS Details
- CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 5.9
- CVSS 3.1 Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N)
Covered by Rapid7
| Product | Vendor Advisory | Solution File | Added | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alma_linux | — | Upgrade fetchmail | May 13, 2022 | Aug 30, 2021 |
| Alpine Linux | — | Upgrade fetchmail | Mar 21, 2024 | Aug 30, 2021 |
| Centos_linux | — | Upgrade fetchmailUpgrade fetchmail-debugsourceUpgrade fetchmail-debuginfo | May 13, 2022 | Aug 30, 2021 |
| Debian | — | Upgrade fetchmail | Jul 30, 2024 | Aug 30, 2021 |
| Freebsd | — | Upgrade fetchmail | Nov 4, 2022 | Aug 26, 2021 |
| Gentoo Linux | — | Upgrade net-mail/fetchmail. | Sep 26, 2022 | Aug 30, 2021 |
| Oracle Solaris | — | Upgrade mail/fetchmail to version 6.4.22-11.4.42.0.1.113.0 on Solaris 11.4 | Feb 17, 2022 | Aug 30, 2021 |
| Oracle_linux | — | Upgrade fetchmail | May 18, 2022 | Aug 10, 2021 |
| Redhat_linux | — | Upgrade fetchmailUpgrade fetchmail-debuginfoNo solution existsUpgrade fetchmail-debugsource | May 13, 2022 | Aug 30, 2021 |
| Rocky_linux | — | Upgrade fetchmail-debugsourceUpgrade fetchmail-debuginfoUpgrade fetchmail | Mar 5, 2024 | Aug 30, 2021 |
| Suse | — | Upgrade fetchmailUpgrade fetchmailconf | Oct 21, 2021 | Aug 30, 2021 |
| Ubuntu | — | No solution exists | Jun 26, 2025 | Aug 30, 2021 |
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