PT-2005-4070 · Enigmail · Enigmail

Published 2005-10-18 · Updated 2018-10-03 · CVE-2005-3256

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

5.0

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Enigmail versions prior to 0.92.1

Description The key selection dialogue in Enigmail can incorrectly select a key with a user ID that does not have additional information. This issue allows parties with that key to decrypt the message.

Recommendations For versions prior to 0.92.1, update to version 0.92.1 or later to resolve the issue.

Fix

Related Identifiers

CVE-2005-3256

DSA-889-1

Affected Products

Enigmail

References · 12

• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2005-3256 · Vendor Advisory
• http://debian.org/security/2005/dsa-889 · Vendor Advisory
• https://usn.ubuntu.com/211-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2005-3256 · Security Note
• http://novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_28_sr.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:226 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2005-3256 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2005-3256 · Vendor Advisory
• http://vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/2158 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/15155 · Note
• http://cert.dfn.de/infoserv/dsb/dsb-2005-01.html · Note
• http://kb.cert.org/vuls/id/805121 · Note