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CVE-2014-8878

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Date: September 27, 2017

KDE KMail does not encrypt attachments in emails when "automatic encryption" is enabled, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information by sniffing the network.

Language: C++

Severity Score

5.9

Related Resources (8)

Url: https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=340312

Url: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1243777

Url: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-8878

Url: http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/07/16/10

Url: https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-8878

Url: https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2014-8878

Url: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/75986

Url: https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2014-8878

Severity Score

5.9

Weakness Type (CWE)

Cryptographic Issues

CWE-310

Top Fix

Upgrade Version

Upgrade to version v4.14.4

CVSS v3

Base Score:	5.9
Attack Vector (AV):	NETWORK
Attack Complexity (AC):	HIGH
Privileges Required (PR):	NONE
User Interaction (UI):	NONE
Scope (S):	UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C):	HIGH
Integrity (I):	NONE
Availability (A):	NONE

CVSS v2

Base Score:	4.3
Access Vector (AV):	NETWORK
Access Complexity (AC):	MEDIUM
Authentication (AU):	NONE
Confidentiality (C):	PARTIAL
Integrity (I):	NONE
Availability (A):	NONE
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