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GLSA-201206-34 : msmtp: X.509 NULL spoofing vulnerability

medium Nessus Plugin ID 59707

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Synopsis

The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.

Description

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-201206-34 (msmtp: X.509 NULL spoofing vulnerability)

 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.

Solution

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

See Also

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201206-34

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 59707

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-201206-34.nasl

Version: 1.7

Type: local

Published: 6/26/2012

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.4

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:msmtp, cpe:/o:gentoo:linux

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Gentoo/release, Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list

Patch Publication Date: 6/25/2012

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2009-3942

CWE: 310

GLSA: 201206-34