KDE K-Mail up to 1.102 --status-fd

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in KDE K-Mail. It has been rated as critical. Affected is an unknown function. The manipulation of the argument --status-fd leads to an unknown weakness. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2007-1265. Additionally, an exploit exists. It is suggested to install a patch to address this issue.

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A vulnerability was found in KDE K-Mail. It has been rated as critical. The manipulation of the argument --status-fd with an unknown input leads to a unknown weakness. Impacted is integrity. The summary by CVE is:

KMail 1.9.5 and earlier does not properly use the --status-fd argument when invoking GnuPG, which prevents KMail from visually distinguishing between signed and unsigned portions of OpenPGP messages with multiple components, which allows remote attackers to forge the contents of a message without detection.

The weakness was released 03/06/2007 by Core Security with CORE Security Technologies (Website). The advisory is shared at vupen.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2007-1265 since 03/04/2007. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Technical details as well as a public exploit are known.

A public exploit has been developed in Python. The exploit is available at securityfocus.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 24809 (Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : gnupg (MDKSA-2007:059)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Mandriva Local Security Checks and running in the context l.

Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. A possible mitigation has been published 2 days after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (24809), SecurityFocus (BID 22759†), Secunia (SA24413†) and SecurityTracker (ID 1017727†). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-35445, VDB-35444, VDB-35443 and VDB-35442. Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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Nessus ID: 24809
Nessus Name: Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : gnupg (MDKSA-2007:059)
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: kde.org

Advisory: vupen.com⛔
Researcher: Core Security
Organization: CORE Security Technologies
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2007-1265 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2007-1265
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-35441
SecurityFocus: 22759 - KMail GnuPG Arbitrary Content Injection Vulnerability
Secunia: 24413 - KMail "--status-fd" Incorrect GnuPG Usage, Moderately Critical
SecurityTracker: 1017727
Vupen: ADV-2007-0835

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Created: 03/13/2015 12:16
Updated: 08/26/2018 09:30
Changes: 03/13/2015 12:16 (66), 08/26/2018 09:30 (9)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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