2.6

CVE-2007-1558: fetchmail

Modified
AliasesRHSA-2007:0344RHSA-2007:0353RHSA-2007:0385
Published 16-04-2007Last modified 07-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2007-1558 is a low (CVSS 2.6) vulnerability in fetchmail. EPSS estimates a 2.42% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 84.2% of scored vulnerabilities.

Priority
Routine

Not severe (CVSS 2.6, network access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources

Source freshness unavailable

How is this decided?
CVSS score
2.6/10
010
Low · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
2.42%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedNot listed by any tracked catalog.
RansomwareNot flaggedNo ransomware use recorded.
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 11 · Related 3
DSA-1300-1DSA-1305-1DTSA-46-1DTSA-47-1OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10686-1OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10753-1

Timeline

  1. 16-04-2007
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 07-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

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 1.x before 1.5.0.12 and 2.x before 2.0.0.4, (2) Evolution, (3) mutt, (4) fetchmail before 6.3.8, (5) SeaMonkey 1.0.x before 1.0.9 and 1.1.x before 1.1.2, (6) Balsa 2.3.16 and earlier, (7) Mailfilter before 0.8.2, and possibly other products.

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

2.42%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

84%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

No change 0.00 pp

From 2.42% on 04-10-2026

04-10-202603-11-2026

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEV

Not in the CISA KEV catalog.

ENISA CNW

Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.

CIRCL

Not in the CIRCL catalog.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

No weakness data has been published for this record.

Affected systems

Version check

Known conditions: network-reachable, no authentication (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.

Redhat9 products
  • evolution< 0:1.4.5-20.el3 | < 0:2.0.2-35.0.2.el4
  • evolution-data-server< 0:1.8.0-15.0.3.el5
  • evolution-data-server-debuginfo< 0:1.8.0-15.0.3.el5
  • evolution-data-server-devel< 0:1.8.0-15.0.3.el5
  • evolution-debuginfo< 0:1.4.5-20.el3 | < 0:2.0.2-35.0.2.el4
Debian5 products
  • balsa< 2.3.17-1
  • claws-mail< 2.9.1-1
  • fetchmail< 6.3.8-1
  • mailfilter< 0.8.2-1
  • mutt< 1.5.18-6
Opensuse1 product
  • mpop&distro=openSUSE Tumbleweed< 1.4.14-1.1

3 vendors · 15 products

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