<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd"> <glsa id="201206-34"> <title>msmtp: X.509 NULL spoofing vulnerability</title> <synopsis>An error in the hostname matching in msmtp might enable remote attackers to conduct man-in-the-middle attacks. </synopsis> <product type="ebuild">msmtp</product> <announced>2012-06-25</announced> <revised count="1">2012-06-25</revised> <bug>293647</bug> <access>remote</access> <affected> <package name="mail-mta/msmtp" auto="yes" arch="*"> <unaffected range="ge">1.4.19</unaffected> <vulnerable range="lt">1.4.19</vulnerable> </package> </affected> <background> <p>msmtp is an SMTP client and SMTP plugin for mail user agents such as Mutt. </p> </background> <description> <p>A vulnerability have been discovered in msmtp. Please review the CVE identifier referenced below for details. </p> </description> <impact type="normal"> <p>A remote attacker might employ a specially crafted certificate to conduct man-in-the-middle attacks on SSL connections made using msmtp. </p> </impact> <workaround> <p>There is no known workaround at this time.</p> </workaround> <resolution> <p>All msmtp users should upgrade to the latest version:</p> <code> # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=mail-mta/msmtp-1.4.19" </code> </resolution> <references> <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2009-3942">CVE-2009-3942</uri> </references> <metadata timestamp="2011-10-07T23:37:28Z" tag="requester">craig</metadata> <metadata timestamp="2012-06-25T18:51:50Z" tag="submitter">craig</metadata> </glsa>