Enigmail GnuPG Arbitrary Content Injection Vulnerability

BID:22758

Info

Enigmail GnuPG Arbitrary Content Injection Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 22758
Class: Design Error
CVE: CVE-2007-1264
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Mar 05 2007 12:00AM
Updated: Mar 06 2007 06:35PM
Credit: This vulnerability was found by Gerardo Richarte from Core Security Technologies.
Vulnerable: Mozilla Enigmail 0.94.2
Mozilla Enigmail 0.92.1
Mozilla Enigmail 0.91
+ Debian Linux 3.1 sparc
+ Debian Linux 3.1 s/390
+ Debian Linux 3.1 s/390
+ Debian Linux 3.1 ppc
+ Debian Linux 3.1 ppc
+ Debian Linux 3.1 mipsel
+ Debian Linux 3.1 mipsel
+ Debian Linux 3.1 mips
+ Debian Linux 3.1 mips
+ Debian Linux 3.1 m68k
+ Debian Linux 3.1 m68k
+ Debian Linux 3.1 ia-64
+ Debian Linux 3.1 ia-64
+ Debian Linux 3.1 ia-32
+ Debian Linux 3.1 ia-32
+ Debian Linux 3.1 hppa
+ Debian Linux 3.1 hppa
+ Debian Linux 3.1 arm
+ Debian Linux 3.1 arm
+ Debian Linux 3.1 amd64
+ Debian Linux 3.1 amd64
+ Debian Linux 3.1 alpha
+ Debian Linux 3.1 alpha
+ Debian Linux 3.1
+ Debian Linux 3.1
Mozilla Enigmail 0.89
Mozilla Enigmail 0.76.8
Mozilla Enigmail 0.75.1
Mozilla Enigmail 0.94
Mozilla Enigmail 0
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

Enigmail GnuPG Arbitrary Content Injection Vulnerability

Enigmail is prone to a vulnerability that may allow an attacker to add arbitrary content into a message without the end user knowing.

An attacker may be able to exploit this issue to add arbitrary content into a GnuPG signed and/or encrypted message.

This vulnerability is due to the weakness discussed in BID 22757 (GnuPG Signed Message Arbitrary Content Injection Weakness) and has been assigned its own BID because of the specific way that Enigmail uses GnuPG.

This issue affects Enigmail versions prior to and including 0.94.2.

Exploit / POC

Enigmail GnuPG Arbitrary Content Injection Vulnerability

The reporter of this issue has supplied multiple proof-of-concept examples demonstrating this issue. Please see the attached advisory for more information.

Solution / Fix

Enigmail GnuPG Arbitrary Content Injection Vulnerability

Solution:
The vendor has released a patch to address this issue. Please see the references for details on obtaining and applying the appropriate updates.

References

Enigmail GnuPG Arbitrary Content Injection Vulnerability

References:
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