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

Severity

 Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

CVSS assessment made by Snyk's Security Team

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    0.05% (17th percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-UNMANAGED-KDEKMAIL-8309124
  • published 28 Oct 2024
  • disclosed 28 Oct 2024
  • credit Unknown
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Introduced: 28 Oct 2024

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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.

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CVSS Scores

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Snyk

Recommended
8.3 high
  • Attack Vector (AV)
    Network
  • Attack Complexity (AC)
    Low
  • Attack Requirements (AT)
    Present
  • Privileges Required (PR)
    None
  • User Interaction (UI)
    None
  • Confidentiality (VC)
    High
  • Integrity (VI)
    Low
  • Availability (VA)
    None
  • Confidentiality (SC)
    None
  • Integrity (SI)
    None
  • Availability (SA)
    None