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HistoryJul 28, 2020 - 12:00 a.m.

libetpan: Improper STARTTLS handling

2020-07-2800:00:00
Gentoo Foundation
security.gentoo.org
22
libetpan
starttls
security upgrade

CVSS2

5.8

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

MEDIUM

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

PARTIAL

Integrity Impact

PARTIAL

Availability Impact

NONE

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N

CVSS3

7.4

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

HIGH

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

HIGH

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

NONE

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

EPSS

0.013

Percentile

86.1%

Background

libetpan is a portable, efficient middleware for different kinds of mail access.

Description

It was discovered that libetpan was not properly handling state within the STARTTLS protocol handshake.

Impact

There may be a breach of integrity or confidentiality in connections made using libetpan with STARTTLS.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All libetpan users should upgrade to the latest version:

 # emerge --sync
 # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-libs/libetpan-1.9.4-r1"
OSVersionArchitecturePackageVersionFilename
Gentooanyallnet-libs/libetpan< 1.9.4-r1UNKNOWN

CVSS2

5.8

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

MEDIUM

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

PARTIAL

Integrity Impact

PARTIAL

Availability Impact

NONE

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N

CVSS3

7.4

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

HIGH

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

HIGH

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

NONE

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

EPSS

0.013

Percentile

86.1%