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openSUSE Security Update : getmail (openSUSE-SU-2014:1315-1)
medium Nessus Plugin ID 78635
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Synopsis
The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.Description
- getmail 4.46.0 [bnc#900217] This release fixes several similar vulnerabilities that could allow a man-in-the-middle attacker to read encrypted traffic due to pack of certificate verification against the hostname.- fix --idle checking Python version incorrectly, resulting in incorrect warning about running with Python < 2.5
- add missing support for SSL certificate checking in POP3 which broke POP retrieval in v4.45.0 [CVE-2014-7275]
- includes changes from 4.45.0 :
- perform hostname-vs-certificate matching of SSL certificate if validating the certifcate [CVE-2014-7274]
- fix missing plaintext versions of documentation
- includes changes from 4.44.0 :
- add extended SSL options for IMAP retrievers, allowing certificate verification and other features [CVE-2014-7273]
- fix missing plaintext versions of documentation
- fix 'Header instance has no attribute 'strip'' error which cropped up in some configurations
Solution
Update the affected getmail package.See Also
https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=900217
https://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-10/msg00029.html
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 78635
File Name: openSUSE-2014-598.nasl
Version: 1.4
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: SuSE Local Security Checks
Published: 10/23/2014
Updated: 1/19/2021
Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 5.8
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 6.8
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:getmail, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:13.1, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:12.3
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/SuSE/release, Host/SuSE/rpm-list
Patch Publication Date: 10/14/2014