5 Medium
CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
5.3 Medium
CVSS3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
LOW
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
0.001 Low
EPSS
Percentile
35.9%
Albert Astals Cid reports :
messagelib is the library used by KMail to display emails.
messagelib by default displays emails as plain text, but gives the user an option to ‘Prefer HTML to plain text’ in the settings and if that option is not enabled there is way to enable HTML display when an email contains HTML.
Some HTML emails can trick messagelib into opening a new browser window when displaying said email as HTML.
This happens even if the option to allow the HTML emails to access remote servers is disabled in KMail settings.
This means that the owners of the servers referred in the email can see in their access logs your IP address.
#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
# extracted from the FreeBSD VuXML database :
#
# Copyright 2003-2020 Jacques Vidrine and contributors
#
# Redistribution and use in source (VuXML) and 'compiled' forms (SGML,
# HTML, PDF, PostScript, RTF and so forth) with or without modification,
# are permitted provided that the following conditions are met:
# 1. Redistributions of source code (VuXML) must retain the above
# copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following
# disclaimer as the first lines of this file unmodified.
# 2. Redistributions in compiled form (transformed to other DTDs,
# published online in any format, converted to PDF, PostScript,
# RTF and other formats) must reproduce the above copyright
# notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer
# in the documentation and/or other materials provided with the
# distribution.
#
# THIS DOCUMENTATION IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHOR AND CONTRIBUTORS "AS IS"
# AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO,
# THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
# PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR OR CONTRIBUTORS
# BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY,
# OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT
# OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR
# BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY,
# WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE
# OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS DOCUMENTATION,
# EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
#
include("compat.inc");
if (description)
{
script_id(119273);
script_version("1.3");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2020/06/25");
script_cve_id("CVE-2018-19516");
script_name(english:"FreeBSD : messagelib -- HTML email can open browser window automatically (c7b1af20-f34f-11e8-9cde-e0d55e2a8bf9)");
script_summary(english:"Checks for updated package in pkg_info output");
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"synopsis",
value:"The remote FreeBSD host is missing a security-related update."
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"description",
value:
"Albert Astals Cid reports :
messagelib is the library used by KMail to display emails.
messagelib by default displays emails as plain text, but gives the
user an option to 'Prefer HTML to plain text' in the settings and if
that option is not enabled there is way to enable HTML display when an
email contains HTML.
Some HTML emails can trick messagelib into opening a new browser
window when displaying said email as HTML.
This happens even if the option to allow the HTML emails to access
remote servers is disabled in KMail settings.
This means that the owners of the servers referred in the email can
see in their access logs your IP address."
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"see_also",
value:"https://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20181128-1.txt"
);
# https://vuxml.freebsd.org/freebsd/c7b1af20-f34f-11e8-9cde-e0d55e2a8bf9.html
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"see_also",
value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?9bf7186a"
);
script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:"Update the affected package.");
script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N");
script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:U/RL:OF/RC:C");
script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N");
script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:messagelib");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:freebsd:freebsd");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2018/11/28");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2018/11/28");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2018/11/29");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current");
script_end_attributes();
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2018-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");
script_family(english:"FreeBSD Local Security Checks");
script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/FreeBSD/release", "Host/FreeBSD/pkg_info");
exit(0);
}
include("audit.inc");
include("freebsd_package.inc");
if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
if (!get_kb_item("Host/FreeBSD/release")) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "FreeBSD");
if (!get_kb_item("Host/FreeBSD/pkg_info")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);
flag = 0;
if (pkg_test(save_report:TRUE, pkg:"messagelib<18.08.3_2")) flag++;
if (flag)
{
if (report_verbosity > 0) security_warning(port:0, extra:pkg_report_get());
else security_warning(0);
exit(0);
}
else audit(AUDIT_HOST_NOT, "affected");
Vendor | Product | Version | CPE |
---|---|---|---|
freebsd | freebsd | messagelib | p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:messagelib |
freebsd | freebsd | cpe:/o:freebsd:freebsd |
5 Medium
CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
5.3 Medium
CVSS3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
LOW
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
0.001 Low
EPSS
Percentile
35.9%