Package: alpine Version: 2.02-3.1 Severity: normal
alpine (re-alpine) uses DES-56 to encrypt S/MIME messages. This is very insecure by modern standards and is in violation of RFC 5751. This issue was reported upstream and a patch produced (http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=3428168&group_id=264924&atid=1128048), but has not been addressed in a release of re-alpine. The patch on the linked page changes the default encryption algorithm to AES-128 (CBC mode), which is sufficiently strong for modern use. Due to the security issues surrounding the use of DES-56 in 2012, I believe this should be patched in the alpine package even if re-alpine does not produce a release with the patch. -- System Information: Debian Release: 6.0.3 APT prefers stable-updates APT policy: (500, 'stable-updates'), (500, 'stable') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Kernel: Linux 3.1.10-grsec (SMP w/2 CPU cores; PREEMPT) Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash Versions of packages alpine depends on: ii libc6 2.11.2-10 Embedded GNU C Library: Shared lib ii libgssapi-krb5-2 1.8.3+dfsg-4squeeze5 MIT Kerberos runtime libraries - k ii libkrb5-3 1.8.3+dfsg-4squeeze5 MIT Kerberos runtime libraries ii libldap-2.4-2 2.4.23-7.2 OpenLDAP libraries ii libncurses5 5.7+20100313-5 shared libraries for terminal hand ii libpam0g 1.1.1-6.1+squeeze1 Pluggable Authentication Modules l ii libssl0.9.8 0.9.8o-4squeeze5 SSL shared libraries Versions of packages alpine recommends: ii alpine-doc 2.02-3.1 Text-based email client's document Versions of packages alpine suggests: ii aspell 0.60.6-4 GNU Aspell spell-checker ii exim4 4.72-6+squeeze2 metapackage to ease Exim MTA (v4) ii exim4-daemon-light [mail 4.72-6+squeeze2 lightweight Exim MTA (v4) daemon -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
