Cryptographic issues in Enigmail - CVE-2014-5369
Published: September 8, 2014 / Updated: August 10, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU41347
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 6.9 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2014-5369
CWE-ID: CWE-310
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to gain access to sensitive information.
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.
Affected software
Enigmail
Fedora
thunderbird-enigmail
Fedora
thunderbird-enigmail
How to mitigate CVE-2014-5369
Install update from vendor's website.
thunderbird-enigmail - addressed in versions 1.7.2-1.el7, 1.7.2-1.fc21
External References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-09/msg00004.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-09/msg00008.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/60779
- http://secunia.com/advisories/60887
- http://secunia.com/advisories/61854
- http://sourceforge.net/p/enigmail/bugs/294/
- http://sourceforge.net/p/enigmail/forum/support/thread/3e7268a4/
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/08/18/2
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/08/22/1
- https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0421.html
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201504-01