|
|
>> Sylpheed Security Update Fixes APOP Protocol Information Disclosure Security Weakness
|
Title : Sylpheed Security Update Fixes APOP Protocol Information Disclosure Security Weakness
VUPEN ID : VUPEN/ADV-2007-1480
CVE ID : CVE-2007-1558
Rated as : Low Risk 
Remotely Exploitable : Yes
Locally Exploitable : Yes
Release Date : 2007-04-20
|
A weakness has been identified in Sylpheed, which could be exploited by remote attackers to gain knowledge of sensitive information. This issue is caused by an error in the APOP protocol that fails to properly prevent MD5 collisions, which could be exploited via man-in-the-middle attacks and specially crafted message-IDs to potentially disclose the first three characters of passwords.
Affected Products
Sylpheed versions prior to 2.4.0
Solution
Upgrade to Sylpheed version 2.4.0 :
http://sylpheed.sraoss.jp/en/download.html
References
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1480
http://sylpheed.sraoss.jp/en/news.html
Credits
Vulnerability reported by Gaëtan LEURENT
ChangeLog
2007-04-20 : Initial release
Vulnerability Management
Subscribe to VUPEN VNS and receive real-time alerts when new advisories or patches relevant to your systems and network configurations are available.
Feedback
If you have additional information or corrections for this security advisory please submit them via our contact form. | |
|
