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Alpine: 202310-05 High: pkgupdate Command Injection Vulnerability

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Calendar Grey October 6, 2013
Dist Gentoo Esm H88
isync has a low-severity vulnerability that may allow man-in-the-middle attacks, particularly if using unencrypted channels for communication with mail servers
A vulnerability in isync could allow remote attackers to perform man-in-the-middle attacks.

Summary

isync does not properly verify the server's hostname against the CN field in the SSL certificate.

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Topics Covered

security advisory gentoo remote attack low severity man-in-the-middle isync

Resolution

All isync users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-mail/isync-1.0.6"

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2013-0289 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2013-0289

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201310-02
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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.

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Severity: Low
Title: isync: Man-in-the-Middle attack
Date: October 05, 2013
Bugs: #458420
ID: 201310-02

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Topics Covered

security advisory gentoo remote attack low severity man-in-the-middle isync

Synopsis

A vulnerability in isync could allow remote attackers to perform man-in-the-middle attacks.

Background

isync is an IMAP and MailDir mailbox synchronizer.

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Affected Packages

------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 net-mail/isync < 1.0.6 >= 1.0.6

Impact

===== A remote server could perform man-in-the-middle attacks to disclose passwords or obtain other sensitive information.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

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