SB2019052107 - Improper Verification of Cryptographic Signature in enigmail.mozdev Enigmail
Published: May 21, 2019 Updated: July 17, 2020
Security Bulletin ID
SB2019052107
CSH Severity
Medium
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) Improper Verification of Cryptographic Signature (CVE-ID: CVE-2019-12269)
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to manipulate data.
Enigmail before 2.0.11 allows PGP signature spoofing: for an inline PGP message, an attacker can cause the product to display a "correctly signed" message indication, but display different unauthenticated text.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-06/msg00061.html
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/AVNTEF3WSOOQYKMIPEH7F77UPXES5BU5/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/CYWBJHSBBLAHKMRWDWH2XXQDYAGDHB5I/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/GHC5WDQ47FQSL5CTGQUYIHVC3RNZ7UH5/
- https://sourceforge.net/p/enigmail/bugs/983/
- https://www.enigmail.net/index.php/en/download/changelog