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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.55715
Category:Ubuntu Local Security Checks
Title:Ubuntu USN-211-1 (enigmail)
Summary:NOSUMMARY
Description:Description:

The remote host is missing an update to enigmail
announced via advisory USN-211-1.

A security issue affects the following Ubuntu releases:

Ubuntu 4.10 (Warty Warthog)
Ubuntu 5.04 (Hoary Hedgehog)
Ubuntu 5.10 (Breezy Badger)

The following packages are affected:

mozilla-enigmail
mozilla-thunderbird-enigmail

Hadmut Danish discovered an information disclosure vulnerability in
the key selection dialog of the Mozilla/Thunderbird enigmail plugin.
If a user's keyring contained a key with an empty user id (i. e. a
key without a name and email address), this key was selected by
default when the user attempted to send an encrypted email. Unless
this empty key was manually deselected, the message got encrypted for
that empty key, whose owner could then decrypt it.

Solution:
The problem can be corrected by upgrading the affected package to
version 2:0.92.1-0ubuntu04.10 (for Ubuntu 4.10), 2:0.92.1-0ubuntu05.04
(for Ubuntu 5.04), or 2:0.92.1-0ubuntu05.10 (for Ubuntu 5.10). You
need to restart Thunderbird and Mozilla Mail after a standard system
upgrade to effect the necessary changes.
http://www.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=USN-211-1

Risk factor : Medium

CVSS Score:
5.0

Cross-Ref: BugTraq ID: 15155
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2005-3256
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15155
CERT/CC vulnerability note: VU#805121
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/805121
Debian Security Information: DSA-889 (Google Search)
http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-889
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:226
SuSE Security Announcement: SUSE-SR:2005:028 (Google Search)
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_28_sr.html
https://usn.ubuntu.com/211-1/
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/2158
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