Email header validation vulnerability risk
CVE-2024-49393

5.9MEDIUM

Key Information:

Vendor
Red Hat
Status
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
Vendor
CVE Published:
12 November 2024

Summary

In neomutt and mutt, the To and Cc email headers are not validated by cryptographic signing which allows an attacker that intercepts a message to change their value and include himself as a one of the recipients to compromise message confidentiality.

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-49393
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https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2325317
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CVSS V3.1

Score:
5.9
Severity:
MEDIUM
Confidentiality:
High
Integrity:
None
Availability:
High
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
High
Privileges Required:
None
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

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