glsa-201310-02.xml


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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">
<glsa id="201310-02">
  <title>isync: Man-in-the-Middle attack</title>
  <synopsis>A vulnerability in isync could allow remote attackers to perform
    man-in-the-middle attacks.
  </synopsis>
  <product type="ebuild">isync</product>
  <announced>2013-10-05</announced>
  <revised count="1">2013-10-05</revised>
  <bug>458420</bug>
  <access>remote</access>
  <affected>
    <package name="net-mail/isync" auto="yes" arch="*">
      <unaffected range="ge">1.0.6</unaffected>
      <vulnerable range="lt">1.0.6</vulnerable>
    </package>
  </affected>
  <background>
    <p>isync is an IMAP and MailDir mailbox synchronizer. </p>
  </background>
  <description>
    <p>isync does not properly verify the server’s hostname against the CN
      field in the SSL certificate.
    </p>
  </description>
  <impact type="low">
    <p>A remote server could perform man-in-the-middle attacks to disclose
      passwords or obtain other sensitive information.
    </p>
  </impact>
  <workaround>
    <p>There is no known workaround at this time.</p>
  </workaround>
  <resolution>
    <p>All isync users should upgrade to the latest version:</p>
    
    <code>
      # emerge --sync
      # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose "&gt;=net-mail/isync-1.0.6"
    </code>
  </resolution>
  <references>
    <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2013-0289">CVE-2013-0289</uri>
  </references>
  <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="2013-04-08T23:32:51Z">ackle</metadata>
  <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2013-10-05T20:45:35Z">ackle</metadata>
</glsa>