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Unscored CVE-2021-31855 EUVD-2021-18730GHSA-h76g-vp43-8cw5

KDE Messagelib through 5.17.0 reveals cleartext of encrypted messages in some situations. Deleting an attachment of a decrypted encrypted m…

Published Jun 2, 2021 · Updated Aug 3, 2024 · Assigned by mitre

Description

KDE Messagelib through 5.17.0 reveals cleartext of encrypted messages in some situations. Deleting an attachment of a decrypted encrypted message stored on a remote server (e.g., an IMAP server) causes KMail to upload the decrypted content of the message to the remote server. With a crafted message, a user could be tricked into decrypting an encrypted message and then deleting an attachment attached to this message. If the attacker has access to the messages stored on the email server, then the attacker could read the decrypted content of the encrypted message. This occurs in ViewerPrivate::deleteAttachment in messageviewer/src/viewer/viewer_p.cpp.

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 12 kf5-messagelib 4:20.08.3-5 —
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Ubuntu 24.04 LTS kf5-messagelib No fix yet —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS kf5-messagelib No fix yet —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS kf5-messagelib No fix yet —
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS kdepim4 No fix yet —
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ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS kf5-messagelib No fix yet —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
openSUSE Tumbleweed messagelib 21.08.1-1.2 openSUSE-SU-2024:11046-1

Advisories 1

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