SB2019011027 - Fedora 28 update for gnupg2
Published: January 10, 2019 Updated: April 24, 2025
Security Bulletin ID
SB2019011027
CSH Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Data manipulation
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 vulnerability.
1) Cross-site request forgery (CVE-ID: CVE-2018-1000858)
CWE-ID: CWE-352 - Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)
CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:A/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform cross-site request forgery attacks.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of the HTTP request origin within dirmngr. A remote attacker can trick the victim to perform a WKD request (enter an email address in the composer window of Thunderbird/Enigmail) and perform arbitrary actions on behalf of the victim.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.