Cleartext Transmission of Sensitive Information Affecting kde/kmail package, versions [,6.2.0)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.05% (18th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-KDEKMAIL-8309124
  • published28 Oct 2024
  • disclosed28 Oct 2024
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 28 Oct 2024

CVE-2024-50624  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-319  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade kde/kmail to version 6.2.0 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Cleartext Transmission of Sensitive Information via the requestConfig function through the use of cleartext HTTP for URLs for retrieving configuration data. Attackers can intercept and manipulate this data by positioning themselves as a man-in-the-middle.

References

CVSS Scores

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