Security
Security
Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in getmail, allowing remote attackers to obtain sensitive information.
| Package | net-mail/getmail on all architectures |
|---|---|
| Affected versions | < 4.46.0 |
| Unaffected versions | >= 4.46.0 |
getmail is a POP3 mail retriever with reliable Maildir and mbox delivery.
Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in getmail. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.
A remote attacker could cause a man-in-the-middle attack via multiple vectors to obtain sensitive information.
There is no known workaround at this time.
All getmail users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-mail/getmail-4.46.0"
Release date
December 28, 2014
Latest revision
December 28, 2014: 1
Severity
normal
Exploitable
remote
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