Author: Richard J. Moore <
rich@kde.org>
Date: 17 June 2014
Overview
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The POP3 kioslave used by kmail will accept invalid certificates without
presenting a dialog to the user due a bug that leads to an inability to
display the dialog combined with an error in the way the result is checked.
Impact
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This flaw allows an active attacker to perform MITM attacks against the
ioslave which could result in the leakage of sensitive data such as the
authentication details and the contents of emails.
Workaround
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None
Solution
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