CVE-2019-10740 Information disclosure in n/a

Medium 4.3 Published Updated

Attackers can leak plaintext from encrypted emails by tricking users into replying to crafted multipart messages in Roundcube Webmail.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Not needed
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
A user has to click or open something
Fix
Available

What is CVE-2019-10740?

CVE-2019-10740 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Fedoraproject Fedora, published on 7 Apr 2019. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

In Roundcube Webmail before 1.3.10, an attacker in possession of S/MIME or PGP encrypted emails can wrap them as sub-parts within a crafted multipart email. The encrypted part(s) can further be hidden using HTML/CSS or ASCII newline characters. This modified multipart email can be re-sent by the attacker to the intended receiver. If the receiver replies to this (benign looking) email, they unknowingly leak the plaintext of the encrypted message part(s) back to the attacker.

Weakness: CWE-319

Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-10740?

It affects 4 products.

Products include Fedoraproject Fedora, Opensuse Backports Sle, Opensuse Leap, Roundcube Webmail.

How do I fix CVE-2019-10740?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Is CVE-2019-10740 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-10740 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Fedoraproject Fedora vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2019-10740, GHSA-8x8m-cq38-629v, UBUNTU-CVE-2019-10740.

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