Improper Certificate Validation Affecting mpop package, versions <1.4.3-1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Ubuntu security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.11% (46th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1910-MPOP-579037
  • published13 Feb 2019
  • disclosed13 Feb 2019

Introduced: 13 Feb 2019

CVE-2019-8337  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-295  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Ubuntu:19.10 mpop to version 1.4.3-1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream mpop package and not the mpop package as distributed by Ubuntu. See How to fix? for Ubuntu:19.10 relevant fixed versions and status.

In msmtp 1.8.2 and mpop 1.4.3, when tls_trust_file has its default configuration, certificate-verification results are not properly checked.