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.
CVE-2018-12019
Score 7.5 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: HIGH) published 2022-05-14. NVD baseline CVSS 7.5; sources differ by 0.0.
- High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
No vendor fix yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for a patch.
- CVSS v3
- 7.5
- EG Score
- 7.5(medium)
- EPSS
- 80.1%
- KEV
- Not listed
Published
June 13, 2018
Last Modified
November 21, 2024
References (14)
- cve@mitrehttp://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2018/06/13/10
- cve@mitrehttp://packetstormsecurity.com/files/152703/Johnny-You-Are-Fired.html
- cve@mitrehttp://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/Apr/38
- cve@mitrehttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/04/30/4
- cve@mitrehttps://github.com/RUB-NDS/Johnny-You-Are-Fired
- cve@mitrehttps://github.com/RUB-NDS/Johnny-You-Are-Fired/blob/master/paper/johnny-fired.pdf
- cve@mitrehttps://www.enigmail.net/index.php/en/download/changelog
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2018/06/13/10
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/152703/Johnny-You-Are-Fired.html
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/Apr/38
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/04/30/4
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/RUB-NDS/Johnny-You-Are-Fired
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/RUB-NDS/Johnny-You-Are-Fired/blob/master/paper/johnny-fired.pdf
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.enigmail.net/index.php/en/download/changelog
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