Executive Summary

Summary
Title isync: Man-in-the-Middle attack
Informations
Name GLSA-201310-02 First vendor Publication 2013-10-05
Vendor Gentoo Last vendor Modification 2013-10-05
Severity (Vendor) Low 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:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
Cvss Base Score 4.3 Attack Range Network
Cvss Impact Score 2.9 Attack Complexity Medium
Cvss Expoit Score 8.6 Authentication None Required
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Detail

Synopsis

A vulnerability in isync could allow remote attackers to perform man-in-the-middle attacks.

Background

isync is an IMAP and MailDir mailbox synchronizer.

Description

isync does not properly verify the server's hostname against the CN field in the SSL certificate.

Impact

A remote server could perform man-in-the-middle attacks to disclose passwords or obtain other sensitive information.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All isync users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-mail/isync-1.0.6"

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2013-0289 : http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2013-0289

Availability

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

http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201310-02.xml

Original Source

Url : http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201310-02.xml

CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration

% Id Name
100 % CWE-310 Cryptographic Issues

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

TypeDescriptionCount
Application 11

Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner

Date Description
2013-10-06 Name : The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : gentoo_GLSA-201310-02.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2013-03-04 Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.
File : fedora_2013-2758.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2013-03-04 Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.
File : fedora_2013-2795.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO

Alert History

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Date Informations
2014-05-27 17:24:46
  • Multiple Updates
2014-05-23 21:26:31
  • Multiple Updates
2014-02-17 11:37:47
  • Multiple Updates
2013-10-06 00:19:07
  • First insertion