Mail Notification WITH_SSL information disclosure

mail-withssl-information-disclosure (34814)

Low Risk

Description:

Mail Notification could allow a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information. If Mail Notification is compiled with a "WITH_SSL" setting of 0, the account is configured with SSL/TLS and uses unencrypted connections. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability using man-in-the-middle techniques to disclose the password and obtain sensitive information.

*CVSS:

Base Score:	3.5
Access Vector:	Remote
Access Complexity:	Low
Authentication:	Not Required
Confidentiality Impact:	Partial
Integrity Impact:	None
Availability Impact:	None
Temporal Score:	2.8
Exploitability:	Unproven
Remediation Level:	Unavailable
Report Confidence:	Uncorroborated

Consequences:

Obtain Information

Remedy:

Upgrade to the latest version of Mail Notification (4.1 or later), available from the nongnu.org Web site. See References.

References:

• Debian Bug report logs - #428157: mail-notification: Silently falls back to unencrypted connection: password sent in cleartext.
• CVE-2007-3209: Mail Notification 4.0, when WITH_SSL is set to 0 at compile time, uses unencrypted connections for accounts configured with SSL/TLS, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information by sniffing the network.
• SA25600: Mail Notification "WITH_SSL" Plaintext Password Security Issue

Platforms Affected:

• Free Software Foundation Mail Notification 4.0 and prior

Reported:

Jun 09, 2007

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