Cleartext Transmission of Sensitive Information Affecting mutt-debuginfo package, versions <5:1.5.21-29.amzn2.0.1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Amazon Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
2.35% (83rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-AMZN2-MUTTDEBUGINFO-3160276
  • published7 Dec 2022
  • disclosed23 Nov 2020

Introduced: 23 Nov 2020

CVE-2020-28896  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-319  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2 mutt-debuginfo to version 5:1.5.21-29.amzn2.0.1 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS2-2022-1892.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream mutt-debuginfo package and not the mutt-debuginfo package as distributed by Amazon-Linux. See How to fix? for Amazon-Linux:2 relevant fixed versions and status.

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.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1