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fetchmailconf: insecure file creation

Package(s):fetchmail CVE #(s):CVE-2005-3088
Created:October 26, 2005 Updated:November 22, 2005
Description: The fetchmailconf utility can create files which are world-readable for a brief period. These files may contain passwords, and thus should not be created in this manner.
Alerts:
Debian DSA-900-3 2005-11-22
Debian DSA-900-2 2005-11-21
Debian DSA-900-1 2005-11-18
Mandriva MDKSA-2005:209 2005-11-09
Ubuntu USN-215-1 2005-11-07
Gentoo 200511-06 2005-11-06
Red Hat RHSA-2005:823-01 2005-10-26
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