CVE-2020-37248
Description
A flaw was found in OfflineIMAP. This vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a man-in-the-middle attack by exploiting the client's trust in the server's STARTTLS capability before authentication. This can lead to the attacker taking over the connection and extracting sensitive account credentials in cleartext, resulting in information disclosure.
Statement
Red Hat Product Security has determined that this vulnerability does not affect any currently supported Red Hat product. This assessment may evolve based on further analysis and discovery. For more information about this vulnerability and the products it affects, please see the linked references.
Understanding the Weakness (CWE)
Access Control
Technical Impact: Bypass Protection Mechanism
No authentication takes place in this process, bypassing an assumed protection of encryption.
Confidentiality
Technical Impact: Read Application Data
The encrypted communication between a user and a trusted host may be subject to sniffing by any actor in the communication path.
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