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Unscored CVE-2019-14664 EUVD-2019-5821GHSA-5gqw-f2qg-w3vf

In Enigmail below 2.1, an attacker in possession of PGP encrypted emails can wrap them as sub-parts within a crafted multipart email. The e…

Published Aug 5, 2019 · Updated Aug 5, 2024 · Assigned by mitre

Description

In Enigmail below 2.1, an attacker in possession of PGP encrypted emails can wrap them as sub-parts within a crafted multipart email. The encrypted part(s) can further be hidden using HTML/CSS or ASCII newline characters. This modified multipart email can be re-sent by the attacker to the intended receiver. If the receiver replies to this (benign looking) email, he unknowingly leaks the plaintext of the encrypted message part(s) back to the attacker. This attack variant bypasses protection mechanisms implemented after the "EFAIL" attacks.

Fixed in Linux distributions

Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian 11 enigmail 2:2.1.3+ds1-1 —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS enigmail No fix yet —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS enigmail No fix yet —
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS enigmail No fix yet —
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS enigmail No fix yet —

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