Vulnerability CVE-2018-12019
Published: 2018-06-13   Modified: 2018-06-14

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.

Type:

CWE-347

 (Improper Verification of Cryptographic Signature)

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
5/10
2.9/10
10/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Low
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
None
Partial
None
Affected software
Enigmail -> Enigmail 

 References:
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2018/06/13/10
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/152703/Johnny-You-Are-Fired.html
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/Apr/38
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/04/30/4
https://github.com/RUB-NDS/Johnny-You-Are-Fired
https://github.com/RUB-NDS/Johnny-You-Are-Fired/blob/master/paper/johnny-fired.pdf
https://www.enigmail.net/index.php/en/download/changelog
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