CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2019-10735

Cleartext Transmission of Sensitive Information

Published: Apr 07, 2019 | Modified: Nov 21, 2024
CVSS 3.x
4.3
MEDIUM
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
CVSS 2.x
4.3 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
MEDIUM

In Claws Mail 3.14.1, an attacker in possession of S/MIME or PGP encrypted emails can wrap them as sub-parts within a crafted multipart email. The encrypted part(s) can further be hidden using HTML/CSS or ASCII newline characters. This modified multipart email can be re-sent by the attacker to the intended receiver. If the receiver replies to this (benign looking) email, they unknowingly leak the plaintext of the encrypted message part(s) back to the attacker.

Weakness

The product transmits sensitive or security-critical data in cleartext in a communication channel that can be sniffed by unauthorized actors.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Mail Claws-mail 3.14.1 (including) 3.14.1 (including)
Claws-mail Ubuntu bionic *
Claws-mail Ubuntu cosmic *
Claws-mail Ubuntu disco *
Claws-mail Ubuntu eoan *
Claws-mail Ubuntu focal *
Claws-mail Ubuntu groovy *
Claws-mail Ubuntu hirsute *
Claws-mail Ubuntu impish *
Claws-mail Ubuntu kinetic *
Claws-mail Ubuntu lunar *
Claws-mail Ubuntu mantic *
Claws-mail Ubuntu oracular *
Claws-mail Ubuntu trusty *
Claws-mail Ubuntu xenial *

Potential Mitigations

References