Description
imapsync before 1.584, when running with the --tls option, attempts a cleartext login when a certificate verification failure occurs, which allows remote attackers to obtain credentials by sniffing the network.
References
- [oss-security] 20140218 Re: CVE request: "imapsync ignores the --tls switch and sends my authentication plaintext." mailing-list
- [oss-security] 20140217 CVE request: "imapsync ignores the --tls switch and sends my authentication plaintext." mailing-list
- FEDORA-2014-2505 vendor-advisory
- [imapsync_list] 20140122 Re: [imapsync] Upon certificate issues STARTTLS is ignored and the password sent in plaintext (#15) mailing-list
- [imapsync_list] 20140120 Re: [imapsync] STARTTLS support (#15) mailing-list
- https://github.com/imapsync/imapsync/issues/15
- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=12770
- MDVSA-2014:060 vendor-advisory