High severity7.5NVD Advisory· Published Jun 13, 2018· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2018-12019
CVE-2018-12019
Description
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.
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Affected products
4- osv-coords2 versionspkg:rpm/opensuse/enigmail&distro=openSUSE%20Tumbleweedpkg:rpm/suse/enigmail&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Workstation%20Extension%2015
< 2.2.4-1.4+ 1 more
- (no CPE)range: < 2.2.4-1.4
- (no CPE)range: < 2.0.7-3.7.2
Patches
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References
6- www.enigmail.net/index.php/en/download/changelognvdExploitVendor Advisory
- openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2018/06/13/10nvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- packetstormsecurity.com/files/152703/Johnny-You-Are-Fired.htmlnvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/Apr/38nvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/04/30/4nvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- github.com/RUB-NDS/Johnny-You-Are-Fired/blob/master/paper/johnny-fired.pdfnvd
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