Improper Verification of Cryptographic Signature in Enigmail - CVE-2019-12269
Published: May 21, 2019 / Updated: July 17, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU31059
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2019-12269
CWE-ID: CWE-347
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: enigmail.mozdev.org
Affected software:
Enigmail
Enigmail
Detailed vulnerability description
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.
How to mitigate CVE-2019-12269
Install update from vendor's website.
Sources
- 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