Cryptographic issues in getmail - CVE-2014-7274
Published: October 8, 2014 / Updated: August 10, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU41236
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2014-7274
CWE-ID: CWE-310
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: pyropus.ca
Affected software:
getmail
getmail
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to read and manipulate data.
The IMAP-over-SSL implementation in getmail 4.44.0 does not verify that the server hostname matches a domain name in the subject's Common Name (CN) field of the X.509 certificate, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof IMAP servers and obtain sensitive information via a crafted certificate from a recognized Certification Authority.
How to mitigate CVE-2014-7274
Install update from vendor's website.