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From: Sam James <sam@g.o>
To: gentoo-announce@l.g.o
Subject: [gentoo-announce] [ GLSA 202007-56 ] Claws Mail: Improper STARTTLS handling
Date: Tue, 28 Jul 2020 19:44:01
Message-Id: 5839F193-40E9-49F1-B8D0-F41AC9D95DB4@gentoo.org
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2 Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 202007-56
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7 Severity: Normal
8 Title: Claws Mail: Improper STARTTLS handling
9 Date: July 28, 2020
10 Bugs: #733684
11 ID: 202007-56
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15 Synopsis
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18 A vulnerability was discovered in Claws Mail's STARTTLS handling,
19 possibly allowing an integrity/confidentiality compromise.
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21 Background
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24 Claws Mail is a GTK based e-mail client.
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26 Affected packages
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30 Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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32 1 mail-client/claws-mail < 3.17.6 >= 3.17.6
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34 Description
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37 It was discovered that Claws Mail was not properly handling state
38 within the STARTTLS protocol handshake.
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40 Impact
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43 There may be a breach of integrity or confidentiality in connections
44 made using Claws Mail with STARTTLS.
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46 Workaround
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49 There is no known workaround at this time.
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51 Resolution
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54 All Claws Mail users should upgrade to the latest version:
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56 # emerge --sync
57 # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=mail-client/claws-mail-3.17.6"
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59 References
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62 [ 1 ] CVE-2020-15917
63 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-15917
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65 Availability
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68 This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
69 the Gentoo Security Website:
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71 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202007-56
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73 Concerns?
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76 Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the
77 confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost
78 importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to
79 security@g.o or alternatively, you may file a bug at
80 https://bugs.gentoo.org.
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82 License
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85 Copyright 2020 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
86 belongs to its owner(s).
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88 The contents of this document are licensed under the
89 Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.
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91 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5

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