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A vulnerability was found in getmail up to 4.21.0. It has been classified as critical. This affects some unknown functionality of the component X.509 Certificate Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cryptographic issues vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-310. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:
The IMAP-over-SSL implementation in getmail 4.0.0 through 4.43.0 does not verify X.509 certificates from SSL servers, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof IMAP servers and obtain sensitive information via a crafted certificate.
The weakness was released 10/07/2014 by mancha (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at debian.org. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2014-7273 since 10/01/2014. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1600 according to MITRE ATT&CK.
The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 79805 (Debian DSA-3091-1 : getmail4 - security update), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Debian Local Security Checks. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 167295 (OpenSuSE Security Update for getmail (openSUSE-SU-2014:1315-1)).
There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.
The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (96894) and Tenable (79805). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at 71873 and 71872.
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Exploiting
Class: Cryptographic issuesCWE: CWE-310
ATT&CK: T1600
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Remote: Yes
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Nessus ID: 79805
Nessus Name: Debian DSA-3091-1 : getmail4 - security update
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OpenVAS ID: 703091
OpenVAS Name: Debian Security Advisory DSA 3091-1 (getmail4 - security update)
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Timeline
10/01/2014 🔍10/06/2014 🔍
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Sources
Advisory: debian.orgResearcher: mancha
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2014-7273 (🔍)
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X-Force: 96894
Vulnerability Center: 46964 - Pyropus Getmail 4.0.0 - 4.43.0 IMAP-over-SSL Implementation Remote Spoofing Vulnerability via a Crafted Certificate, Medium
SecurityFocus: 70280 - Getmail CVE-2014-7273 SSL Certificate Security Bypass Vulnerability
Secunia: 61229 - SUSE update for getmail, Not Critical
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Entry
Created: 03/26/2015 16:14Updated: 03/29/2022 23:04
Changes: 03/26/2015 16:14 (69), 06/11/2017 05:19 (7), 03/29/2022 23:04 (3)
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