Executive Summary

Summary
Title msmtp: X.509 NULL spoofing vulnerability
Informations
Name GLSA-201206-34 First vendor Publication 2012-06-25
Vendor Gentoo Last vendor Modification 2012-06-25
Severity (Vendor) Normal Revision N/A

Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3

Cvss vector : N/A
Overall CVSS Score NA
Base Score NA Environmental Score NA
impact SubScore NA Temporal Score NA
Exploitabality Sub Score NA
 
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Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2

Cvss vector : (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P)
Cvss Base Score 6.4 Attack Range Network
Cvss Impact Score 4.9 Attack Complexity Low
Cvss Expoit Score 10 Authentication None Required
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Detail

Synopsis

An error in the hostname matching in msmtp might enable remote attackers to conduct man-in-the-middle attacks.

Background

msmtp is an SMTP client and SMTP plugin for mail user agents such as Mutt.

Description

A vulnerability have been discovered in msmtp. Please review the CVE identifier referenced below for details.

Impact

A remote attacker might employ a specially crafted certificate to conduct man-in-the-middle attacks on SSL connections made using msmtp.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All msmtp users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=mail-mta/msmtp-1.4.19"

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2009-3942 : http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2009-3942

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website:

http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201206-34.xml

Original Source

Url : http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201206-34.xml

CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration

% Id Name
100 % CWE-310 Cryptographic Issues

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

TypeDescriptionCount
Application 43

OpenVAS Exploits

Date Description
2012-08-10 Name : Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 201206-34 (msmtp)
File : nvt/glsa_201206_34.nasl

Open Source Vulnerability Database (OSVDB)

Id Description
59960 msmtp X.509 Certificate Multiple Fields NULL Character Spoofing SSL MiTM Weak...

Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner

Date Description
2012-06-26 Name : The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : gentoo_GLSA-201206-34.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2010-01-20 Name : The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.
File : suse_11_0_msmtp-100118.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2010-01-20 Name : The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.
File : suse_11_1_msmtp-100118.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2010-01-20 Name : The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.
File : suse_11_2_msmtp-100117.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO

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