CVE-2020-15954 - Cleartext Transmission of Sensitive Information

Severity

65%

Complexity

27%

Confidentiality

60%

KDE KMail 19.12.3 (aka 5.13.3) engages in unencrypted POP3 communication during times when the UI indicates that encryption is in use.

CVSS 3.1 Base Score 6.5. CVSS Attack Vector: network. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N).

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 4.3. CVSS Attack Vector: network. CVSS Attack Complexity: medium. CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N).

Demo Examples

Cleartext Transmission of Sensitive Information

CWE-319

The following code attempts to establish a connection to a site to communicate sensitive information.


               
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hu.disconnect();

                     

                           //...

Though a connection is successfully made, the connection is unencrypted and it is possible that all sensitive data sent to or received from the server will be read by unintended actors.

Overview

First reported 4 years ago

2020-07-27 07:15:00

Last updated 4 years ago

2020-07-30 19:24:00

Affected Software

KDE KMail 19.12.3

19.12.3

Debian Linux 9.0

9.0

References

https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=423426

https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=423426

Vendor Advisory

[debian-lts-announce] 20200730 [SECURITY] [DLA 2300-1] kdepim-runtime security update

Third Party Advisory

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