ID CVE-2014-5369
Summary Enigmail 1.7.x before 1.7.2 sends emails in plaintext when encryption is enabled and only BCC recipients are specified, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information by sniffing the network.
References
Vulnerable Configurations
  • cpe:2.3:a:enigmail:enigmail:1.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:enigmail:enigmail:1.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:enigmail:enigmail:1.7.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:enigmail:enigmail:1.7.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
CVSS
Base: 4.3 (as of 22-12-2016 - 02:59)
Impact:
Exploitability:
CWE CWE-310
CAPEC
  • Signature Spoofing by Key Recreation
    An attacker obtains an authoritative or reputable signer's private signature key by exploiting a cryptographic weakness in the signature algorithm or pseudorandom number generation and then uses this key to forge signatures from the original signer to mislead a victim into performing actions that benefit the attacker.
Access
VectorComplexityAuthentication
NETWORK MEDIUM NONE
Impact
ConfidentialityIntegrityAvailability
PARTIAL NONE NONE
cvss-vector via4 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
refmap via4
confirm
gentoo GLSA-201504-01
mlist
  • [oss-security] 20140818 Enigmail warning
  • [oss-security] 20140821 Re: Enigmail warning
secunia
  • 60779
  • 60887
  • 61854
suse
  • openSUSE-SU-2014:1086
  • openSUSE-SU-2014:1096
Last major update 22-12-2016 - 02:59
Published 08-09-2014 - 14:55
Last modified 22-12-2016 - 02:59
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