Update to 5.5.6 PR: 22825 Submitted by: MAINTAINER56a0548531
Fetchmail -- NTLM potential remote code executionentered 2026-09-26
Port details
mail/fetchmail 6.6.9
Batch mail retrieval utility for IMAP/POP3/ETRN/ODMR
Port info
- Maintainer
- chalpin@cs.wisc.edu
- Packages
- latest: 6.6.9
- Upstream
- up to date
- Last update
- to 6.6.9 · 14d62b999b
- Quarterly
- 2026Q4: 6.6.9 · last MFH 48ef898280
- Formerly
- mail/fetchmail64 until 2019-09-28
- WWW
- https://www.fetchmail.info/
- Links
- cgit · VuXML · Report wrong data
Install
- Package
# pkg install fetchmailinstalls 6.6.9 fromlatest; fromquarterly(2026Q4) 6.6.9- Port
# cd /usr/ports/mail/fetchmail && make install clean# make -C /usr/ports/mail/fetchmail config # change options first
- Size
- 544 KiB download · 2.2 MiB installed
- Depends on
- devel/gettext-runtime 1.0_1
- License
- GPLv2+
- Creates
- user
fetchmail, groupfetchmail - Options
- 5 of 10 on in the package: DOCS GSSAPI_BASE NLS OPENSSL RPA
Show the 5 options that are off
GSSAPI_HEIMDAL GSSAPI_MIT GSSAPI_NONE OPIE WOLFSSL - pkg-message
Shown after installing
For pointers how to configure fetchmail in daemon mode please consult /usr/local/etc/rc.d/fetchmail.
Packages by version and architecture
latest
| FreeBSD version | amd64 | aarch64 | i386 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FreeBSD 16 | 6.6.9 | 6.6.9 | – |
| FreeBSD 15 | 6.6.9 | 6.6.9 | – |
| FreeBSD 14 | 6.6.9 | 6.6.9 | 6.6.9 |
quarterly (2026Q4)
| FreeBSD version | amd64 | aarch64 | i386 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FreeBSD 15 | 6.6.9 | 6.6.9 | – |
| FreeBSD 14 | 6.6.9 | 6.6.9 | 6.6.9 |
version as in the ports tree (latest) or the most common one (quarterly) · different version · ✗ not built · – no packages for this platform. Package sets that have not been rebuilt for 60 days are left out.
Unaddressed and VuXML only (0)
No unaddressed CVE and nothing reported by
pkg audit for the packaged version 6.6.9.Fixed (23)
Show 23 fixed
VuXML entries whose affected range the packaged version has left.
fetchmail -- potential crash when authenticating to SMTP serverentered 2025-10-03
fetchmail -- STARTTLS bypass vulnerabilitiesentered 2021-08-26
fetchmail -- two vulnerabilities in NTLM authenticationentered 2012-08-14
fetchmail -- STARTTLS denial of serviceentered 2011-06-06
fetchmail -- denial of service vulnerabilityentered 2010-04-20
fetchmail -- heap overflow on verbose X.509 displayentered 2010-02-12
fetchmail -- improper SSL certificate subject verificationentered 2009-08-11
fetchmail -- potential crash in -v -v verbose mode (revised patch)entered 2008-07-01
fetchmail -- potential crash in -v -v verbose modeentered 2008-06-20
fetchmail -- denial of service on reject of local warning messageentered 2007-09-02
fetchmail -- insecure APOP authenticationentered 2007-04-09
fetchmail -- crashes when refusing a message bound for an MDAentered 2007-01-06
fetchmail -- TLS enforcement problem/MITM attack/password exposureentered 2007-01-06
fetchmail -- crash when bouncing a messageentered 2006-01-23
fetchmail -- fetchmailconf local password exposureentered 2005-10-30
fetchmail -- denial of service/crash from malicious POP3 serverentered 2005-07-22
no CVE referenced
fetchmail -- remote root/code injection from malicious POP3 serverentered 2005-07-20
fetchmail -- denial-of-service vulnerabilityentered 2004-02-25
fetchmail -- address parsing vulnerabilityentered 2003-10-25
no CVE referenced
Problem reports (0) · open in Bugzilla, most recently changed first
None.
Commits (376)
Update fetchmail to 5.5.5 PR: 22382 Submitted by: Ben Lovett <blovett@oneinsane.net> Approved by: MAINTAINERff52862e7a
The fetchmail application has been updated to version 5.5.3 PR: 21641 Submitted by: Patrick Bihan-Faou <patrick@mindstep.com> Reviewed by: Ville Eerola <Ville.Eerola@vehome.pp.sci.fi> MAINTAINERd1963bad10
Since recent 5-CURRENT has hesiod.h, configure detects it and breaks building. So, I disable hesiod support.21d05029de
Update port to 5.5.2 PR: 21277 Submitted by: Maintainerd724c45c1e
Update to version 5.5.1. PR: 20716 Submitted by: Peter Pentchev <roam@orbitel.bg> Approved by: maintainere39522a26c
Upgrade to 5.4.4 PR: ports/20434 Submitted by: Ville Eerola <ve@sci.fi> (MAINTAINER)66807aabd2
Committed, thanks. PR: 19785 Submitted by: MAINTAINER5ccbe81f42
Add WITH_X11 knob to bring in Python et al. so the fetchmailconf program works. Disabled by default, to keep the status-quo. Loosely based on PR: 19398 Discussed with: alex0456df5de4
Update to version 5.4.1. PR: ports/19181 Submitted by: Maintainer92e1cb0ffd
Unbroke for RELENG_3. PR: 19081 Submitted by: Munehiro Matsuda <haro@tk.kubota.co.jp> Approved by: MAINTAINER2313db16de
Add support for building with SSL support on pre-4.0ish systems, if the appropriate libraries are available. Submitted by: asmodai Approved by: maintainerd2873b7f7d
Enable internationalization support. PR: 18840 Submitted by: R\xe9mi Guyomarch <rguyom@321.net> No complaints from: maintainer25b4e65112
Update to 5.3.8. PR: 18446, 18456 Submitted by: Ville Eerola <ve@sci.fi>1a257fe2a5
Update to use PORTNAME/PORTVERSION28849e36e9
Update the header version and date. Requested by: Ville Eerola <Ville.Eerola@vehome.pp.sci.fi>aacf6a2510
Update to 5.3.0 PR: 16952 Submitted by: Mario Sergio Fujikawa Ferreira <lioux@linf.unb.br>18dac5199e
Update to 5.3.0 This builds without patches with --enable-ipv6 but I couldn't test that it actually works. PR: 16952 Submitted by: Mario Sergio Fujikawa Ferreira <lioux@linf.unb.br>d91dc37cd4
update to 5.2.8 PR: 16826 Submitted by: maintainer13dd27a9bb
upgrade to 5.2.4 PR: 16488 Submitted by: John Reynolds <jjreynold@home.com>547027d19d
use ${OSVERSION} instead of ${USE_INET6}.d165976c9fAdd 'ipv6' on CATEGORIES.e28c1fb465
- Upgrade to 5.2.3. - Support IPv6. Approved by: maintainer11465fa9cd
Update to version 5.2.12b3b8c28ff
Update to version 5.2.045414daa1c
Update to version 5.1.49d58704362
Add --enable-SDPS to CONFIGURE_ARGS PR: 14582 Submitted by: Jose Marques <noway@nohow.demon.co.uk>f3cc326315
Update to version 5.1.2ea8a1194e5
Update to version 5.1.110a92f3dc5
Throw in the towel and just cover every use of -lkrb84cd26e608
Hopefully move the -lcom_err for krb4 to the right place this time.f9c0428ad5
Fix a typo9153a8264a
Update to version 5.1.0. This should finally fix the build problems with krb4 (I hope, I can't test this). Thanks to Simon Karpen <karpes@rpi.edu> for a fix.b60c01092d
Update to version 5.0.8a1763d1f91
$Id$ -> $FreeBSD$7b8fca1447
Change Id->FreeBSD.f3a9c6c81e
Update to version 5.0.57de237761f
Commit #3/4 to enforce caps, no period. FWIW, checkout of these things took 5+hrs, staying on the local .freebsd.org net w/o hitting the 'net at all. As promised, $ time cvs ci real 67m51.701s user 0m1.250s sys 0m5.345sdd9ff05a6a
Update to fetchamil 5.0.4. Submitted by: cpiazza@home.net PR: ports/121721c9f9e6798
Update to version 5.0.3. PR: 11694 Submitted by: maintainerbcdaf06d5d
Add (prepare to be shocked) WWW:c7a56e9c3e
Update to 5.0.0 PR: ports/10977 Submitted by: mharo@area51.fremont.ca.usf5ee9f57c5
Update to 4.7.9 PR: ports/10888 Submitted by: mharo@patrol.area51.fremont.ca.us3104f681d2
Update to version 4.7.8. PR: 10198 Submitted by: Dom Mitchell <Dom.Mitchell@palmerharvey.co.uk>788b5a54dd
Update to 4.7.0 PR: ports/9105 Submitted by: Dom Mitchell <Dom.Mitchell@palmerharvey.co.uk>8f5eeb7b0a
Upgrade to 4.6.7 PR: ports/8866 Submitted by: Ville Eerola <ve@sci.fi>385108dc3b
Update to version 4.6.0. PR: 8238 Submitted by: maintainer790c5429cc
Add -lmd for -lopie so this compiles on -current. Submitted by: Eugene M. Kim <gene@nttlabs.com>ecfd460976
Use MLINKS.abf510e023
The fetchmail config script will automagically use Kerberos V5 if found. This patch helps it find Kerberos V5 if you installed the port in a non-standard place. Reviewed by: Ville Eerola <Ville.Eerola@sci.fi>58cedef901