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)