It was found that smtp.PlainAuth authentication scheme in Go did not verify the TLS requirement properly. A remote man-in-the-middle attacker could potentially use this flaw to sniff SMTP credentials sent by a Go application.
Find out more about CVE-2017-15042 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.
| CVSS3 Base Score | 5.3 |
|---|---|
| CVSS3 Base Metrics | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N |
| Attack Vector | Network |
| Attack Complexity | High |
| Privileges Required | None |
| User Interaction | Required |
| Scope | Unchanged |
| Confidentiality | High |
| Integrity Impact | None |
| Availability Impact | None |
| Platform | Errata | Release Date |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 (golang) | RHSA-2018:0878 | 2018-04-10 |
| Red Hat Developer Tools for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7) (go-toolset-7) | RHSA-2017:3463 | 2017-12-14 |
| Platform | Package | State |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat OpenStack Platform Operational Tools 9 | golang | Will not fix |
| Red Hat OpenShift Enterprise 3 | golang | Will not fix |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 8.0 Operational Tools for RHEL 7 | golang | Will not fix |
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