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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory                           GLSA 201606-11
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 Severity: Normal
    Title: claws-mail: Multiple Vulnerabilities
     Date: June 26, 2016
     Bugs: #525588, #569010, #570692
       ID: 201606-11

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

Background
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Claws Mail is a GTK based e-mail client.

Affected packages
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     Package              /     Vulnerable     /            Unaffected
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  1  mail-client/claws-mail       < 3.13.2                  >= 3.13.2 

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

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

Workaround
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There is no known workaround at this time.

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

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

References
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[ 1 ] CVE-2014-3566
      http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-3566
[ 2 ] CVE-2015-8614
      http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-8614
[ 3 ] CVE-2015-8614
      http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-8614
[ 4 ] CVE-2015-8708
      http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-8708
[ 5 ] CVE-2015-8708
      http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-8708

Availability
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This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:

 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201606-11

Concerns?
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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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belongs to its owner(s).

The contents of this document are licensed under the
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