CVE-2020-15953

NameCVE-2020-15953
DescriptionLibEtPan through 1.9.4, as used in MailCore 2 through 0.6.3 and other products, has a STARTTLS buffering issue that affects IMAP, SMTP, and POP3. When a server sends a "begin TLS" response, the client reads additional data (e.g., from a meddler-in-the-middle attacker) and evaluates it in a TLS context, aka "response injection."
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
ReferencesDLA-2329-1
Debian Bugs966647

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
libetpan (PTS)jessie1.5-2vulnerable
stretch (security), stretch (lts), stretch1.6-3+deb9u1fixed
buster (security), buster, buster (lts)1.9.3-2+deb10u3fixed
bullseye1.9.4-3fixed
bookworm1.9.4-3.1fixed
sid, trixie1.9.4-4fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
libetpansourcejessie(unfixed)end-of-life
libetpansourcestretch1.6-3+deb9u1DLA-2329-1
libetpansourcebuster1.9.3-2+deb10u1
libetpansource(unstable)1.9.4-3966647

Notes

https://github.com/dinhvh/libetpan/issues/386
https://github.com/dinhvh/libetpan/pull/387
https://github.com/dinhvh/libetpan/pull/388

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