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https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=237293
Summary: CVE-2007-1558: claws-mail APOP vulnerability
Product: Fedora Extras
Version: fc6
Platform: All
OS/Version: Linux
Status: NEW
Severity: medium
Priority: medium
Component: claws-mail
AssignedTo: andreas.bierfert(a)lowlatency.de
ReportedBy: ville.skytta(a)iki.fi
QAContact: extras-qa(a)fedoraproject.org
CC: fedora-security-list(a)redhat.com
http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2007-1558
"The APOP protocol allows remote attackers to guess the first 3 characters of a
password via man-in-the-middle (MITM) attacks that use crafted message IDs and
MD5 collisions. NOTE: this design-level issue potentially affects all products
that use APOP, including (1) Thunderbird, (2) Evolution, (3) mutt, and (4)
fetchmail."
According to upstream, fixed in 2.9.1.
http://www.claws-mail.org/news.php
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