CVE-2014-5369

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Summary

CVECVE-2014-5369
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2014-09-08 14:55:03 UTC
Updated2026-05-06 22:30:45 UTC
DescriptionEnigmail 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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 4.3 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Problem Types: CWE-310 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
None
Availability
None

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Enigmail Enigmail 1.7 All All All
Application Enigmail Enigmail 1.7.2 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
openSUSE-SU-2014:1086-1: moderate: update for enigmail af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
Security Advisory SA60887 - SUSE update for enigmail - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Gentoo Security af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 security.gentoo.org
Enigmail / Bugs / #294 Not encrypting with Bcc recipients af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 sourceforge.net Patch
openSUSE-SU-2014:1096-1: moderate: enigmail: security fix af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
oss-security - Enigmail warning af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com Exploit
Enigmail / Forum / Enigmail Support:WARNING: Enigmail 1.7 *completely* *broken* af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 sourceforge.net
Security Advisory SA61854 - Mageia update for firefox and thunderbird - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Security Advisory SA60779 - Enigmail Bcc Email Information Disclosure Security Issue - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Mageia Advisory: MGASA-2014-0421 - Updated firefox and thunderbird packages fix security vulnerabilities af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 advisories.mageia.org
oss-security - Re: Enigmail warning af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com
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NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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