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A vulnerability was found in getmail up to 4.21.0. It has been rated as critical. This issue affects an unknown code of the component X.509 Certificate Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cryptographic issues vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-310. Impacted is confidentiality, and integrity. The summary by CVE is:

The POP3-over-SSL implementation in getmail 4.0.0 through 4.44.0 does not verify X.509 certificates from SSL servers, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof POP3 servers and obtain sensitive information via a crafted certificate.

The weakness was presented 10/07/2014 by mancha (Website). The advisory is shared at debian.org. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2014-7275 since 10/01/2014. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1600 for this issue.

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 (96896) and Tenable (79805). See 71872 and 71871 for similar entries.

Productinfo

Name

• getmail

Version

• 4.0
• 4.1
• 4.2
• 4.3
• 4.4
• 4.5
• 4.6
• 4.7
• 4.8
• 4.9
• 4.10
• 4.11
• 4.12
• 4.13
• 4.14
• 4.15
• 4.16
• 4.17
• 4.18
• 4.19
• 4.20
• 4.21

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.5
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.5

VulDB Base Score: 6.5
VulDB Temp Score: 6.5
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Cryptographic issues
CWE: CWE-310
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Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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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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Countermeasuresinfo

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Timelineinfo

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03/26/2015 +136 days 🔍
03/29/2022 +2560 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: debian.org
Researcher: mancha
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2014-7275 (🔍)
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X-Force: 96896
Vulnerability Center: 46962 - Pyropus Getmail 4.0.0 - 4.44.0 POP3-over-SSL Implementation Remote Spoofing Vulnerability via a Crafted Certificate, Medium
SecurityFocus: 70282 - Getmail CVE-2014-7275 SSL Certificate Security Bypass Vulnerability
Secunia: 61229 - SUSE update for getmail, Not Critical

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/26/2015 16:14
Updated: 03/29/2022 23:26
Changes: 03/26/2015 16:14 (67), 06/11/2017 05:18 (7), 03/29/2022 23:26 (3)
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