RHSA-2007:0018Medium

Red Hat Security Advisory: fetchmail security update

Published
January 31, 2007
Last Modified
June 25, 2026

🔗 CVE IDs covered (2)

CVE-2005-4348 →CVE-2006-5867 →

📋 Description

CVE-2005-4348 — security flaw CVE-2006-5867 — fetchmail not enforcing TLS for POP3 properly

🎯 Affected products90

  • Red Hat Desktop version 3
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (Advanced Server) version 2.1
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 3
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 2.1
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 3
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 2.1
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 3
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4
  • Red Hat Linux Advanced Workstation 2.1
  • fetchmail-0:5.9.0-21.7.3.el2.1.4.i386 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (Advanced Server) version 2.1
  • fetchmail-0:5.9.0-21.7.3.el2.1.4.i386 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 2.1
  • fetchmail-0:5.9.0-21.7.3.el2.1.4.i386 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 2.1
  • fetchmail-0:5.9.0-21.7.3.el2.1.4.ia64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (Advanced Server) version 2.1
  • fetchmail-0:5.9.0-21.7.3.el2.1.4.ia64 as a component of Red Hat Linux Advanced Workstation 2.1
  • fetchmail-0:5.9.0-21.7.3.el2.1.4.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (Advanced Server) version 2.1
  • fetchmail-0:5.9.0-21.7.3.el2.1.4.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 2.1
  • fetchmail-0:5.9.0-21.7.3.el2.1.4.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 2.1
  • fetchmail-0:5.9.0-21.7.3.el2.1.4.src as a component of Red Hat Linux Advanced Workstation 2.1
  • fetchmail-0:6.2.0-3.el3.3.i386 as a component of Red Hat Desktop version 3
  • fetchmail-0:6.2.0-3.el3.3.i386 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 3
  • fetchmail-0:6.2.0-3.el3.3.i386 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 3
  • fetchmail-0:6.2.0-3.el3.3.i386 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 3
  • fetchmail-0:6.2.0-3.el3.3.ia64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 3
  • fetchmail-0:6.2.0-3.el3.3.ia64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 3
  • fetchmail-0:6.2.0-3.el3.3.ia64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 3
  • fetchmail-0:6.2.0-3.el3.3.ppc as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 3
  • fetchmail-0:6.2.0-3.el3.3.s390 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 3
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✅ Remediation

Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata relevant to your system have been applied. This update is available via Red Hat Network. To use Red Hat Network, launch the Red Hat Update Agent with the following command: up2date This will start an interactive process that will result in the appropriate RPMs being upgraded on your system.

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