CVE-2018-12019

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Summary

CVECVE-2018-12019
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2018-06-13 23:29:00 UTC
Updated2019-05-16 18:29:00 UTC
DescriptionThe signature verification routine in Enigmail before 2.0.7 interprets user ids as status/control messages and does not correctly keep track of the status of multiple signatures, which allows remote attackers to spoof arbitrary email signatures via public keys containing crafted primary user ids.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-347

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Enigmail Enigmail All All All All
Application Enigmail Enigmail All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Enigmail - Changelog MISC www.enigmail.net Exploit, Vendor Advisory
Johnny-You-Are-Fired/johnny-fired.pdf at master · RUB-NDS/Johnny-You-Are-Fired · GitHub MISC github.com
GitHub - RUB-NDS/Johnny-You-Are-Fired: Artifacts for the USENIX publication. MISC github.com
oss-security - Spoofing OpenPGP and S/MIME Signatures in Emails (multiple clients) MLIST www.openwall.com Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
Johnny You Are Fired ≈ Packet Storm MISC packetstormsecurity.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Full Disclosure: OpenPGP and S/MIME signature forgery attacks in multiple email clients FULLDISC seclists.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
oss-security - CVE-2018-12020, CVE-2018-12019 in GnuPG, Enigmails, GPGTools, python-gnupg MISC openwall.com Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
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