GLSA 201401-24: INN: Man-in-the-middle attack

Severity:low
Title:INN: Man-in-the-middle attack
Date:01/21/2014
Bugs: #432002
ID:201401-24

Synopsis

A vulnerability in INN's STARTTLS implementation could allow a remote attacker to conduct a man-in-the-middle attack.

Background

INN is a news server which can interface with Usenet.

Affected packages

Package Vulnerable Unaffected Architecture(s)
net-nntp/inn < 2.5.3 >= 2.5.3 All supported architectures

Description

INN’s I/O buffering is not correctly restricted.

Impact

A remote attacker could inject commands into encrypted NNTP sessions.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All INN users should upgrade to the latest version:

      # emerge --sync
      # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-nntp/inn-2.5.3"
    

References

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201401-24.xml

Concerns?

Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at https://bugs.gentoo.org.

License

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