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gentooGentoo FoundationGLSA-202007-56
HistoryJul 28, 2020 - 12:00 a.m.

Claws Mail: Improper STARTTLS handling

2020-07-2800:00:00
Gentoo Foundation
security.gentoo.org
6

7.5 High

CVSS2

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

PARTIAL

Integrity Impact

PARTIAL

Availability Impact

PARTIAL

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

9.8 High

CVSS3

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

HIGH

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

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

0.013 Low

EPSS

Percentile

85.9%

Background

Claws Mail is a GTK based e-mail client.

Description

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

Impact

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

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All Claws Mail users should upgrade to the latest version:

 # emerge --sync
 # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=mail-client/claws-mail-3.17.6"
OSVersionArchitecturePackageVersionFilename
Gentooanyallmail-client/claws-mail< 3.17.6UNKNOWN

7.5 High

CVSS2

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

PARTIAL

Integrity Impact

PARTIAL

Availability Impact

PARTIAL

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

9.8 High

CVSS3

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

HIGH

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

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

0.013 Low

EPSS

Percentile

85.9%