CVE-2005-3256
enigmail - programming error
EPSS 0.63%
Description
The key selection dialogue in Enigmail before 0.92.1 can incorrectly select a key with a user ID that does not have additional information, which allows parties with that key to decrypt the message.
How to fix CVE-2005-3256
To remediate CVE-2005-3256, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Debian/enigmail—upgrade to 2:0.93-1 or later
- Debian/enigmail—upgrade to 2:0.91-4sarge2 or later
Is CVE-2005-3256 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.6%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (2)
- from 0, < 2:0.93-1
- from 0, < 2:0.91-4sarge2