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From: Sam James <sam@g.o>
To: gentoo-announce@l.g.o
Subject: [gentoo-announce] [ GLSA 202007-55 ] libetpan: Improper STARTTLS handling
Date: Tue, 28 Jul 2020 19:42:27
Message-Id: 5E438C10-F999-4478-A8C7-990FF531401C@gentoo.org
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2 Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 202007-55
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7 Severity: Normal
8 Title: libetpan: Improper STARTTLS handling
9 Date: July 28, 2020
10 Bugs: #734130
11 ID: 202007-55
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15 Synopsis
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18 A vulnerability was discovered in libetpan's STARTTLS handling,
19 possibly allowing an integrity/confidentiality compromise.
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21 Background
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24 libetpan is a portable, efficient middleware for different kinds of
25 mail access.
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27 Affected packages
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31 Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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33 1 net-libs/libetpan < 1.9.4-r1 >= 1.9.4-r1
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35 Description
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38 It was discovered that libetpan was not properly handling state within
39 the STARTTLS protocol handshake.
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41 Impact
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44 There may be a breach of integrity or confidentiality in connections
45 made using libetpan with STARTTLS.
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47 Workaround
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50 There is no known workaround at this time.
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52 Resolution
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55 All libetpan users should upgrade to the latest version:
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57 # emerge --sync
58 # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-libs/libetpan-1.9.4-r1"
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60 References
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63 [ 1 ] CVE-2020-15953
64 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-15953
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66 Availability
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69 This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
70 the Gentoo Security Website:
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72 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202007-55
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74 Concerns?
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77 Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the
78 confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost
79 importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to
80 security@g.o or alternatively, you may file a bug at
81 https://bugs.gentoo.org.
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83 License
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86 Copyright 2020 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
87 belongs to its owner(s).
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89 The contents of this document are licensed under the
90 Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.
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92 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5

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