CVE-2007-1265 Information

Description

KMail 1.9.5 and earlier does not properly use the –status-fd argument when invoking GnuPG which prevents KMail from visually distinguishing between signed and unsigned portions of OpenPGP messages with multiple components which allows remote attackers to forge the contents of a message without detection.

Reference

http://lists.gnupg.org/pipermail/gnupg-users/2007-March/030514.html http://secunia.com/advisories/24413 http://securityreason.com/securityalert/2353 http://www.coresecurity.com/?action=item&id=1687 http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/461958/100/0/threaded http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/461958/30/7710/threaded http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/22759 http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1017727 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0835