• LibEtPan vulnerability

    From boo_ubuntu@21:4/110 to Ubuntu Users on Thu Oct 22 16:10:06 2020
    libetpan vulnerability

    A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its
    derivatives:

    * Ubuntu 16.04 LTS

    Summary

    LibEtPan could be made to expose sensitive information over the
    network.

    Software Description

    * libetpan - Mail Framework for C Language

    Details

    It was discovered that LibEtPan incorrectly handled STARTTLS when
    using IMAP, SMTP and POP3. A remote attacker could possibly use
    this issue to perform a response injection attack.
    (CVE-2020-15953)

    Update instructions

    The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the
    following package versions:

    Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
    libetpan-dev - 1.6-1ubuntu0.1
    libetpan17 - 1.6-1ubuntu0.1

    To update your system, please follow these instructions:
    https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades.

    In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary
    changes.

    References

    * CVE-2020-15953

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A46 (Linux/64)
    * Origin: BZ&BZ BBS (21:4/110)