[Bug 237293] New: CVE-2007-1558: claws-mail APOP vulnerability

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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@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
        ReportedBy: ville.skytta@xxxxxx
         QAContact: extras-qa@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
                CC: fedora-security-list@xxxxxxxxxx


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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