SB2019011028 - Fedora 29 update for gnupg2
Published: January 10, 2019 Updated: April 24, 2025
Security Bulletin ID
SB2019011028
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Data manipulation
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Cross-site request forgery (CVE-ID: CVE-2018-1000858)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform cross-site request forgery attacks.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of the HTTP request origin within dirmngr. A remote attacker can trick the victim to perform a WKD request (enter an email address in the composer window of Thunderbird/Enigmail) and perform arbitrary actions on behalf of the victim.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.