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FreeBSD: VID-29B13A34-B1D2-11EA-A11C-4437E6AD11C4 (CVE-2020-14954): Machine-in-the-middle response injection attack when using STARTTLS with IMAP, POP3, and SMTP

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FreeBSD: VID-29B13A34-B1D2-11EA-A11C-4437E6AD11C4 (CVE-2020-14954): Machine-in-the-middle response injection attack when using STARTTLS with IMAP, POP3, and SMTP

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)
Published
06/16/2020
Created
06/27/2020
Added
06/25/2020
Modified
10/20/2020

Description

Mutt before 1.14.4 and NeoMutt before 2020-06-19 have a STARTTLS buffering issue that affects IMAP, SMTP, and POP3. When a server sends a "begin TLS" response, the client reads additional data (e.g., from a man-in-the-middle attacker) and evaluates it in a TLS context, aka "response injection."

Solution(s)

  • freebsd-upgrade-package-mutt

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