Enigmail 1.7/1.7.2 cryptographic issue

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in Enigmail 1.7/1.7.2. This vulnerability affects unknown code. Performing a manipulation results in cryptographic issue. This vulnerability is identified as CVE-2014-5369. There is not any exploit available. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in Enigmail 1.7/1.7.2. This affects some unknown processing. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cryptographic issue vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-310. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:

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.

The weakness was released 09/09/2014 by Henri Salo as Bug 1133373 as confirmed bug report (Bugzilla). The advisory is shared at bugzilla.redhat.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2014-5369 since 08/20/2014. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1600 for this issue.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 77565 (openSUSE Security Update : enigmail (openSUSE-SU-2014:1096-1)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family SuSE Local Security Checks. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 167237 (OpenSuSE Security Update for enigmail (openSUSE-SU-2014:1096-1)).

Upgrading to version 1.7.1 or 1.8.0 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (95877), Tenable (77565), SecurityFocus (BID 69349†), Secunia (SA60779†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-46107†). Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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Class: Cryptographic issue
CWE: CWE-310
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Unproven

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Nessus ID: 77565
Nessus Name: openSUSE Security Update : enigmail (openSUSE-SU-2014:1096-1)
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OpenVAS ID: 867773
OpenVAS Name: Fedora Update for thunderbird-enigmail FEDORA-2014-9954
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Enigmail 1.7.1/1.8.0

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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: Bug 1133373
Researcher: Henri Salo
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2014-5369 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2014-5369
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-67521
X-Force: 95877 - Enigmail Bcc recipients information disclosure, Medium Risk
SecurityFocus: 69349 - Enigmail CVE-2014-5369 Encryption Security Weakness
Secunia: 60779 - Enigmail Bcc Email Information Disclosure Security Issue, Less Critical
Vulnerability Center: 46107 - Enigmail 1.7.x before 1.7.2 Remote Information Disclosure Vulnerability due to Encryption Weakness, Medium

Entryinfo

Created: 09/11/2014 16:23
Updated: 12/15/2024 04:32
Changes: 09/11/2014 16:23 (71), 06/06/2017 08:26 (7), 02/15/2022 21:34 (3), 12/15/2024 04:32 (18)
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