PT-2019-9133 · Freron · Mailmate

Published 2019-02-11 · Updated 2019-10-03 · CVE-2018-15588

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.5

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions MailMate versions prior to 1.11.3

Description The issue arises from MailMate's mishandling of a suspicious HTML/MIME structure in a signed/encrypted email.

Recommendations For versions prior to 1.11.3, update to version 1.11.3 or later to resolve the issue.

Fix

Authentication Bypass by Spoofing

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-290

Related Identifiers

CVE-2018-15588

Affected Products

Mailmate

References · 8

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-15588 · Vendor Advisory
• https://updates.mailmate-app.com/release_notes · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-15588 · Security Note
• https://github.com/RUB-NDS/Johnny-You-Are-Fired · Note
• https://github.com/RUB-NDS/Johnny-You-Are-Fired/blob/master/paper/johnny-fired.pdf · Note
• http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/Apr/38 · Note
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/04/30/4 · Note
• http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/152703/Johnny-You-Are-Fired.html · Note