GLSA 201412-50: getmail: Information disclosure

Severity:normal
Title:getmail: Information disclosure
Date:12/28/2014
Bugs: #524684
ID:201412-50

Synopsis

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in getmail, allowing remote attackers to obtain sensitive information.

Background

getmail is a POP3 mail retriever with reliable Maildir and mbox delivery.

Affected packages

Package Vulnerable Unaffected Architecture(s)
net-mail/getmail < 4.46.0 >= 4.46.0 All supported architectures

Description

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in getmail. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.

Impact

A remote attacker could cause a man-in-the-middle attack via multiple vectors to obtain sensitive information.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All getmail users should upgrade to the latest version:

      # emerge --sync
      # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-mail/getmail-4.46.0"
    

References

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201412-50.xml

Concerns?

Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at https://bugs.gentoo.org.

License

Copyright 2010 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text belongs to its owner(s). The contents of this document are licensed under the Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.

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