GLSA 201606-11: claws-mail: Multiple Vulnerabilities

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Severity:	normal
Title:	claws-mail: Multiple Vulnerabilities
Date:	06/26/2016
Bugs:	#525588, #569010, #570692
ID:	201606-11

Synopsis

Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in claws-mail, particularly in the default SSL implementation.

Background

Claws Mail is a GTK based e-mail client.

Affected packages

Package	Vulnerable	Unaffected	Architecture(s)
mail-client/claws-mail	< 3.13.2	>= 3.13.2	All supported architectures

Description

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in claws-mail. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.

Impact

An attacker could possibly intercept communications due to the default implementation of SSL 3.0.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All claws-mail users should upgrade to the latest version:

      # emerge --sync
      # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=mail-client/claws-mail-3.13.2"

References

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201606-11.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.