CVEvulnerability
CVE-2018-12019
7.5 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2018-06-13
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
- 7.5 HIGH — CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 5.0 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-347
Description
The 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.
Affected configurations
• enigmail enigmail (< 2.0.7)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-347 Improper Verification of Cryptographic Signature weakness
References
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2018/06/13/10 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/152703/Johnny-You-Are-Fired.html Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/Apr/38 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/04/30/4 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/RUB-NDS/Johnny-You-Are-Fired github.com
- https://github.com/RUB-NDS/Johnny-You-Are-Fired/blob/master/paper/johnny-fired.pdf github.com
- https://www.enigmail.net/index.php/en/download/changelog Exploit, Vendor Advisory
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2018/06/13/10 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/152703/Johnny-You-Are-Fired.html Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/Apr/38 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/04/30/4 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/RUB-NDS/Johnny-You-Are-Fired github.com
- https://github.com/RUB-NDS/Johnny-You-Are-Fired/blob/master/paper/johnny-fired.pdf github.com
- https://www.enigmail.net/index.php/en/download/changelog Exploit, Vendor Advisory