| Name | CVE-2017-9604 |
| Description | KDE kmail before 5.5.2 and messagelib before 5.5.2, as distributed in KDE Applications before 17.04.2, do not ensure that a plugin's sign/encrypt action occurs during use of the Send Later feature, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information by sniffing the network. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| Debian Bugs | 864803, 864804 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| kdepim (PTS) | jessie, jessie (lts) | 4:4.14.1-1+deb8u2 | fixed |
| stretch | 4:16.04.3-4~deb9u1 | fixed |
| kf5-messagelib (PTS) | stretch | 4:16.04.3-3~deb9u1 | fixed |
| buster | 4:18.08.3-2 | fixed |
| bullseye | 4:20.08.3-5 | fixed |
| bookworm | 4:22.12.3-2~deb12u1 | fixed |
| sid, trixie | 4:22.12.3-3 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
Notes
[wheezy] - kdepim <not-affected> (sendlater issue is not present in kdepim-4.4.11.1+l10n)
Fixed by (kmail): https://commits.kde.org/kmail/78c5552be2f00a4ac25bd77ca39386522fca70a8
Fixed by (messagelib): https://commits.kde.org/messagelib/c54706e990bbd6498e7b1597ec7900bc809e8197
https://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20170615-1.txt