CVE-2014-2576
medium
CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
6.8
Description
plugins/rssyl/feed.c in Claws Mail before 3.10.0 disables the CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYHOST check for CN or SAN host name fields, which makes it easier for remote attackers to spoof servers and conduct man-in-the-middle (MITM) attacks.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
The vendor-content worker queues fetches as references arrive (check back in a few minutes). Or — if you've already worked around this in production — publish your fix to the community-verified tier.
✚ Propose a mitigation on Community → Mitigations published via the community go through AI scoring + 2 human reviewers + 7-day silent objection window before landing here withsource_tier=community-verified.
OS impact
SUSE Affected 2 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| 13.1 | Affected | — |
| 12.3 | Affected | — |
Debian Fixed 5 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| trixie | Fixed | 3.10.1-1 |
| sid | Fixed | 3.10.1-1 |
| forky | Fixed | 3.10.1-1 |
| bullseye | Fixed | 3.10.1-1 |
| bookworm | Fixed | 3.10.1-1 |
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| claws-mail | claws-mail | {"endIncluding":"3.9.3"} | |
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-10/msg00015.html
- http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q1/636
- http://secunia.com/advisories/60422
- http://sourceforge.net/p/claws-mail/news/2014/05/claws-mail-3100-unleashed/
- http://www.thewildbeast.co.uk/claws-mail/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=3106
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-2576
CWEs
CWE-310
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.