Improper Verification of Cryptographic Signature Affecting enigmail package, versions <2:2.0.6.1-2


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.33% (71st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN10-ENIGMAIL-337306
  • published11 Feb 2019
  • disclosed11 Feb 2019

Introduced: 11 Feb 2019

CVE-2018-15586  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-347  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:10 enigmail to version 2:2.0.6.1-2 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream enigmail package and not the enigmail package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:10 relevant fixed versions and status.

Enigmail before 2.0.6 is prone to to OpenPGP signatures being spoofed for arbitrary messages using a PGP/INLINE signature wrapped within a specially crafted multipart HTML email.