PT-2017-6296 · Kde · Kde Kmail

Published 2015-08-17 · Updated 2017-10-06 · CVE-2014-8878

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

5.9

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions KDE KMail (affected versions not specified)

Description The issue concerns the encryption of attachments in emails. When "automatic encryption" is enabled, KDE KMail fails to encrypt attachments, allowing remote attackers to obtain sensitive information by sniffing the network.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-310

Related Identifiers

CVE-2014-8878

MGASA-2015-0315

Affected Products

Kde Kmail

References · 12

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-8878 · Security Note
• https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0315.html · Security Note
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/07/16/10 · Patch
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MGASA-2015-0315 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1243777 · Patch
• https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=340312 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2014-8878 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-8878 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-8878 · Security Note
• https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=16401 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/75986 · Note
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/07/15/5 · Note