CVE-2024-50624 Other in n/a
Man-in-the-middle attackers can redirect mail configuration requests to malicious servers due to cleartext HTTP usage in KDE Kmail.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2024-50624?
CVE-2024-50624 is a medium-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 27 Oct 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
ispdbservice.cpp in KDE Kmail before 6.2.0 allows man-in-the-middle attackers to trigger use of an attacker-controlled mail server because cleartext HTTP is used for a URL such as http://autoconfig.example.com or http://example.com/.well-known/autoconfig for retrieving the configuration. This is related to kmail-account-wizard.
Weakness: CWE-319
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-50624?
Linux distribution packages (4)
kmail-account-wizard SUSE:Package Hub 15 SP5 | All versions | 23.08.5-bp156.2.3.1 |
kmail-account-wizard SUSE:Package Hub 15 SP6 | All versions | 23.08.5-bp156.2.3.1 |
kmail-account-wizard openSUSE:Leap 15.5 | All versions | 23.08.5-bp156.2.3.1 |
kmail-account-wizard openSUSE:Leap 15.6 | All versions | 23.08.5-bp156.2.3.1 |
How do I fix CVE-2024-50624?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Is CVE-2024-50624 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-50624 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2024-50624, DLA-4196-1, GHSA-wvrr-8f7c-7346, UBUNTU-CVE-2024-50624, USN-7732-1, openSUSE-SU-2024:0353-1.