CVE-2005-3088: Fetchmail

Low severity, CVSS 2.1. EPSS: 0.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

fetchmailconf before 1.49 in fetchmail 6.2.0, 6.2.5 and 6.2.5.2 creates configuration files with insecure world-readable permissions, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information such as passwords.

Affected products

• Fetchmail Fetchmail: version 6.2.0 only; version 6.2.5 only; version 6.2.5.2 only

Published 2005-10-27. Last modified 2026-06-16.