Apache Pony Mail 0.7/0.8/0.9 Statistics Generator Timestamp Data information disclosure

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A vulnerability was found in Apache Pony Mail 0.7/0.8/0.9. It has been classified as problematic. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the component Statistics Generator. The manipulation as part of Timestamp Data leads to information disclosure. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2017-5658. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. No exploit exists.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Apache Pony Mail 0.7/0.8/0.9. This issue affects an unknown code block of the component Statistics Generator. The manipulation as part of a Timestamp Data leads to a information disclosure vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. Impacted is confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:

The statistics generator in Apache Pony Mail 0.7 to 0.9 was found to be returning timestamp data without proper authorization checks. This could lead to derived information disclosure on private lists about the timing of specific email subjects or text bodies, though without disclosing the content itself. As this was primarily used as a caching feature for faster loading times, the caching was disabled by default to prevent this. Users using 0.9 should upgrade to 0.10 to address this issue.

The bug was discovered 10/04/2018. The weakness was disclosed 10/04/2018 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at lists.apache.org. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2017-5658 since 01/28/2017. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The pricing for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 03/29/2020). The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1592 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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• Apache

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• Pony Mail

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• 0.7
• 0.8
• 0.9

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• open-source

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• Vendor: https://www.apache.org/

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