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TI-2001-01331 Aliases CVE-2001-1378GHSA-m3qc-45f7-wfvh

fetchmailconf in fetchmail before 5.7.4 allows local users to overwrite files of other…

Priority LOW 11CWE-59Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Local
Privileges required
None
User interaction
— Not recorded in CVSS 2.0
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
—
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
None · Partial · None
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat.

Summary

fetchmailconf in fetchmail before 5.7.4 allows local users to overwrite files of other users via a symlink attack on temporary files.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.00342 27th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 59

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*up to 5.7.2Vulnerablefetchmail
cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:4.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*4.5.1Vulnerablefetchmail
cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:4.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*4.5.2Vulnerablefetchmail
cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:4.5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*4.5.3Vulnerablefetchmail
cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:4.5.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*4.5.4Vulnerablefetchmail
cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:4.5.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*4.5.5Vulnerablefetchmail
cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:4.5.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*4.5.6Vulnerablefetchmail
cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:4.5.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*4.5.7Vulnerablefetchmail
cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:4.5.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*4.5.8Vulnerablefetchmail
cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:4.6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*4.6.0Vulnerablefetchmail
  • cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions up to 5.7.2 Vulnerable ·fetchmail
  • cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:4.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.5.1 Vulnerable ·fetchmail
  • cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:4.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.5.2 Vulnerable ·fetchmail
  • cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:4.5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.5.3 Vulnerable ·fetchmail
  • cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:4.5.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.5.4 Vulnerable ·fetchmail
  • cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:4.5.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.5.5 Vulnerable ·fetchmail
  • cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:4.5.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.5.6 Vulnerable ·fetchmail
  • cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:4.5.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.5.7 Vulnerable ·fetchmail
  • cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:4.5.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.5.8 Vulnerable ·fetchmail
  • cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:4.6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.6.0 Vulnerable ·fetchmail
Show 49 more CPE
CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:4.6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*4.6.1Vulnerablefetchmail
cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:4.6.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*4.6.2Vulnerablefetchmail
cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:4.6.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*4.6.3Vulnerablefetchmail
cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:4.6.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*4.6.4Vulnerablefetchmail
cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:4.6.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*4.6.5Vulnerablefetchmail
cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:4.6.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*4.6.6Vulnerablefetchmail
cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:4.6.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*4.6.7Vulnerablefetchmail
cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:4.6.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*4.6.8Vulnerablefetchmail
cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:4.6.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*4.6.9Vulnerablefetchmail
cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:4.7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*4.7.0Vulnerablefetchmail
cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:4.7.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*4.7.1Vulnerablefetchmail
cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:4.7.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*4.7.2Vulnerablefetchmail
cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:4.7.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*4.7.3Vulnerablefetchmail
cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:4.7.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*4.7.4Vulnerablefetchmail
cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:4.7.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*4.7.5Vulnerablefetchmail
cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:4.7.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*4.7.6Vulnerablefetchmail
cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:4.7.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*4.7.7Vulnerablefetchmail
cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:5.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*5.0.0Vulnerablefetchmail
cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:5.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*5.0.1Vulnerablefetchmail
cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:5.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*5.0.2Vulnerablefetchmail
cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:5.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*5.0.3Vulnerablefetchmail
cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:5.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*5.0.4Vulnerablefetchmail
cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:5.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*5.0.5Vulnerablefetchmail
cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:5.0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*5.0.6Vulnerablefetchmail
cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:5.0.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*5.0.7Vulnerablefetchmail
cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:5.0.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*5.0.8Vulnerablefetchmail
cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:5.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*5.1.0Vulnerablefetchmail
cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:5.1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*5.1.4Vulnerablefetchmail
cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:5.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*5.2.0Vulnerablefetchmail
cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:5.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*5.2.1Vulnerablefetchmail
cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:5.2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*5.2.3Vulnerablefetchmail
cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:5.2.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*5.2.4Vulnerablefetchmail
cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:5.2.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*5.2.7Vulnerablefetchmail
cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:5.2.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*5.2.8Vulnerablefetchmail
cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:5.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*5.3.0Vulnerablefetchmail
cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:5.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*5.3.1Vulnerablefetchmail
cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:5.3.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*5.3.3Vulnerablefetchmail
cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:5.3.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*5.3.8Vulnerablefetchmail
cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:5.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*5.4.0Vulnerablefetchmail
cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:5.4.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*5.4.3Vulnerablefetchmail
cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:5.4.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*5.4.4Vulnerablefetchmail
cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:5.4.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*5.4.5Vulnerablefetchmail
cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:5.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*5.5.0Vulnerablefetchmail
cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:5.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*5.5.2Vulnerablefetchmail
cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:5.5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*5.5.3Vulnerablefetchmail
cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:5.5.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*5.5.5Vulnerablefetchmail
cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:5.5.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*5.5.6Vulnerablefetchmail
cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:5.6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*5.6.0Vulnerablefetchmail
cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:5.7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*5.7.0Vulnerablefetchmail
  • cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:4.6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.6.1 Vulnerable ·fetchmail
  • cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:4.6.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.6.2 Vulnerable ·fetchmail
  • cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:4.6.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.6.3 Vulnerable ·fetchmail
  • cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:4.6.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.6.4 Vulnerable ·fetchmail
  • cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:4.6.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.6.5 Vulnerable ·fetchmail
  • cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:4.6.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.6.6 Vulnerable ·fetchmail
  • cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:4.6.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.6.7 Vulnerable ·fetchmail
  • cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:4.6.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.6.8 Vulnerable ·fetchmail
  • cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:4.6.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.6.9 Vulnerable ·fetchmail
  • cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:4.7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.7.0 Vulnerable ·fetchmail
  • cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:4.7.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.7.1 Vulnerable ·fetchmail
  • cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:4.7.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.7.2 Vulnerable ·fetchmail
  • cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:4.7.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.7.3 Vulnerable ·fetchmail
  • cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:4.7.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.7.4 Vulnerable ·fetchmail
  • cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:4.7.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.7.5 Vulnerable ·fetchmail
  • cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:4.7.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.7.6 Vulnerable ·fetchmail
  • cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:4.7.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.7.7 Vulnerable ·fetchmail
  • cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:5.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 5.0.0 Vulnerable ·fetchmail
  • cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:5.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 5.0.1 Vulnerable ·fetchmail
  • cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:5.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 5.0.2 Vulnerable ·fetchmail
  • cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:5.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 5.0.3 Vulnerable ·fetchmail
  • cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:5.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 5.0.4 Vulnerable ·fetchmail
  • cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:5.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 5.0.5 Vulnerable ·fetchmail
  • cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:5.0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 5.0.6 Vulnerable ·fetchmail
  • cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:5.0.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 5.0.7 Vulnerable ·fetchmail
  • cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:5.0.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 5.0.8 Vulnerable ·fetchmail
  • cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:5.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 5.1.0 Vulnerable ·fetchmail
  • cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:5.1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 5.1.4 Vulnerable ·fetchmail
  • cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:5.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 5.2.0 Vulnerable ·fetchmail
  • cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:5.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 5.2.1 Vulnerable ·fetchmail
  • cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:5.2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 5.2.3 Vulnerable ·fetchmail
  • cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:5.2.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 5.2.4 Vulnerable ·fetchmail
  • cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:5.2.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 5.2.7 Vulnerable ·fetchmail
  • cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:5.2.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 5.2.8 Vulnerable ·fetchmail
  • cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:5.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 5.3.0 Vulnerable ·fetchmail
  • cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:5.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 5.3.1 Vulnerable ·fetchmail
  • cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:5.3.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 5.3.3 Vulnerable ·fetchmail
  • cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:5.3.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 5.3.8 Vulnerable ·fetchmail
  • cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:5.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 5.4.0 Vulnerable ·fetchmail
  • cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:5.4.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 5.4.3 Vulnerable ·fetchmail
  • cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:5.4.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 5.4.4 Vulnerable ·fetchmail
  • cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:5.4.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 5.4.5 Vulnerable ·fetchmail
  • cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:5.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 5.5.0 Vulnerable ·fetchmail
  • cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:5.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 5.5.2 Vulnerable ·fetchmail
  • cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:5.5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 5.5.3 Vulnerable ·fetchmail
  • cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:5.5.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 5.5.5 Vulnerable ·fetchmail
  • cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:5.5.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 5.5.6 Vulnerable ·fetchmail
  • cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:5.6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 5.6.0 Vulnerable ·fetchmail
  • cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:5.7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 5.7.0 Vulnerable ·fetchmail

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat's page for this CVE →

ProductStatusPlan or fix
Red Hat Linux 5.2Fixed RHSA-2001:103
Red Hat Linux 6.2Fixed RHSA-2001:103
Red Hat Linux 7.0Fixed RHSA-2001:103
Red Hat Linux 7.1Fixed RHSA-2001:103

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2001-1378
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-m3qc-45f7-wfvh

References

Patch 1

Other 1

  • TI-2001-00964 Fetchmail (aka fetchmail-ssl) before 5.8.17 allows a remote malicious (1) IMAP server or… CVSS 2.0HIGH 10.0
  • TI-2001-00101 Vulnerability in fetchmail 5.5.0-2 and earlier in the AUTHENTICATE GSSAPI command. CVSS 2.0HIGH 10.0
  • TI-2001-00782 A buffer overflow in Linux fetchmail before 5.8.6 allows remote attackers to execute… CVSS 2.0HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2006-05756 fetchmail 6.3.5 and 6.3.6 before 6.3.6-rc4, when refusing a message delivered via the mda… CVSS 2.0HIGH 7.8
  • TI-2006-05650 fetchmail before 6.3.6-rc4 does not properly enforce TLS and may transmit cleartext… CVSS 2.0HIGH 7.8
  • TI-2002-01289 Heap-based buffer overflow in Fetchmail 6.1.3 and earlier does not account for the "@"… CVSS 2.0HIGH 7.5
See all 23 →

Sources

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