http://decoy.wox.org/svn/fetchmail/trunk/fetchmail-SA-2005-02.txt (Text stolen from the above advisory) 2. Problem description and Impact ================================= The fetchmailconf program before and excluding version 1.49 opened the run control file, wrote the configuration to it, and only then changed the mode to 0600 (rw-------). Writing the file, which usually contains passwords, before making it unreadable to other users, can expose sensitive password information.
An advisory has been issued which should help the problem described in this bug report. This report is therefore being closed with a resolution of ERRATA. For more information on the solution and/or where to find the updated files, please follow the link below. You may reopen this bug report if the solution does not work for you. http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2005-823.html
This issue does not affect RHEL3 and RHEL4 since we only ship the fetchmailconf program for RHEL2.1