CVE-2020-28896
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2020-11-23 18:52
Modified
2024-08-04 16:41
Severity ?
Summary
Mutt before 2.0.2 and NeoMutt before 2020-11-20 did not ensure that $ssl_force_tls was processed if an IMAP server's initial server response was invalid. The connection was not properly closed, and the code could continue attempting to authenticate. This could result in authentication credentials being exposed on an unencrypted connection, or to a machine-in-the-middle.
References
cve@mitre.orghttps://github.com/neomutt/neomutt/commit/9c36717a3e2af1f2c1b7242035455ec8112b4b06Patch, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://github.com/neomutt/neomutt/releases/tag/20201120Release Notes, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://gitlab.com/muttmua/mutt/-/commit/04b06aaa3e0cc0022b9b01dbca2863756ebbf59aPatch, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://gitlab.com/muttmua/mutt/-/commit/d92689088dfe80a290ec836e292376e2d9984f8fPatch, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/11/msg00048.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202101-32Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/neomutt/neomutt/commit/9c36717a3e2af1f2c1b7242035455ec8112b4b06Patch, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/neomutt/neomutt/releases/tag/20201120Release Notes, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://gitlab.com/muttmua/mutt/-/commit/04b06aaa3e0cc0022b9b01dbca2863756ebbf59aPatch, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://gitlab.com/muttmua/mutt/-/commit/d92689088dfe80a290ec836e292376e2d9984f8fPatch, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/11/msg00048.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202101-32Third Party Advisory
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