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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory 201412-50

Posted on 30 December 2014
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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 201412-50
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Severity: Normal
Title: getmail: Information disclosure
Date: December 28, 2014
Bugs: #524684
ID: 201412-50

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

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

Affected packages
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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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1 net-mail/getmail < 4.46.0 >= 4.46.0

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

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

Workaround
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There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution
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All getmail users should upgrade to the latest version:

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

References
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[ 1 ] CVE-2014-7273
http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-7273
[ 2 ] CVE-2014-7274
http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-7274
[ 3 ] CVE-2014-7275
http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-7275

Availability
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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?
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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
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Copyright 2014 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.

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5

 

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