Cryptographic issues in getmail - CVE-2014-7275
Published: October 8, 2014 / Updated: August 10, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU41237
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 6.9 [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]
CVE-ID: CVE-2014-7275
CWE-ID: CWE-310
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to read and manipulate data.
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.
Affected software
getmail
Gentoo Linux
Fedora
getmail
Gentoo Linux
Fedora
getmail
How to mitigate CVE-2014-7275
Install update from vendor's website.
getmail - update to 4.46.0-2.el6