Information disclosure in KDE trojita

1) Information disclosure

EUVDB-ID: #VU41901

Risk: Medium

CVSSv4.0: 2.7 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green]

CVE-ID: CVE-2014-2567

CWE-ID: CWE-200 - Exposure of sensitive information to an unauthorized actor

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to manipulate data.

The OpenConnectionTask::handleStateHelper function in Imap/Tasks/OpenConnectionTask.cpp in Trojita before 0.4.1 allows man-in-the-middle attackers to trigger use of cleartext for saving a message into a (1) sent or (2) draft folder via a PREAUTH response that prevents later use of the STARTTLS command.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

trojita: 0.1 - 0.3.96

CPE2.3

• cpe:2.3::kde_org:trojita:0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3::kde_org:trojita:0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3::kde_org:trojita:0.2.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

External links

https://jkt.flaska.net/blog/Trojita_0_4_1__a_security_update_for_CVE_2014_2567.html
https://github.com/jktjkt/trojita/commit/25fffa3e25cbad85bbca804193ad336b090a9ce1

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.