1. Ubuntu Security Notices
  2. USN-4598-1

USN-4598-1: LibEtPan vulnerability

Publication date

22 October 2020

Overview

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

Releases

Packages

  • 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)

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

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

Learn more about how to get the fixes.

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

Ubuntu Release Package Version
16.04 xenial libetpan-dev –  1.6-1ubuntu0.1
libetpan17 –  1.6-1ubuntu0.1

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