CVEvulnerability
CVE-2014-7274
5.8 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2014-10-08
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 5.8 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-310
Description
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.
Affected configurations
• getmail getmail 4.44.0
Related
Weakness · not in database (1)
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-10/msg00029.html lists.opensuse.org
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/10/07/33 openwall.com
- http://pyropus.ca/software/getmail/CHANGELOG pyropus.ca
- http://secunia.com/advisories/61229 secunia.com
- http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3091 www.debian.org
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-10/msg00029.html lists.opensuse.org
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/10/07/33 openwall.com
- http://pyropus.ca/software/getmail/CHANGELOG pyropus.ca
- http://secunia.com/advisories/61229 secunia.com
- http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3091 www.debian.org