USN-4598-1

Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4598-1
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-4598-1.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/USN-4598-1
Upstream
Related
Published
2020-10-22T13:22:09Z
Modified
2026-02-10T04:41:58Z
Summary
libetpan vulnerability
Details

It was discovered that LibEtPan incorrectly handled STARTTLS when using IMAP, SMTP and POP3. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to perform a response injection attack. (CVE-2020-15953)

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS / libetpan

Package

Name
libetpan
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/libetpan@1.6-1ubuntu0.1?arch=source&distro=xenial

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.6-1ubuntu0.1

Affected versions

1.*
1.5-2
1.6-1
1.6-1build1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "availability": "No subscription required",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "libetpan-dev",
            "binary_version": "1.6-1ubuntu0.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libetpan17",
            "binary_version": "1.6-1ubuntu0.1"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-4598-1.json"
cves_map
{
    "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:16.04:LTS",
    "cves": [
        {
            "severity": [
                {
                    "type": "CVSS_V3",
                    "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N"
                },
                {
                    "type": "Ubuntu",
                    "score": "medium"
                }
            ],
            "id": "CVE-2020-15953"
        }
    ]
}