Bug 88967 – www-apps/eGroupWare: Exposure of Mail Attachments

• Status: RESOLVED TEST-REQUEST
• Product: Gentoo Linux

[Description Jean-François Brunette (RETIRED) 2005-04-13 08:25:24 UTC]

Description:
Gerald Quakenbush has discovered a security issue in eGroupWare, which may expose sensitive information to malicious people.

The problem is that if a mail with an attachment is composed, but not sent, then the next mail in the same session includes the attachment without this immediately can be seen by the user.

This may potentially cause sensitive information in attachments to be disclosed to other recipients than intended without the user's knowledge.

The security issue has been confirmed in version 1.0.0.006. Other versions may also be affected.

Solution:
Check for "hidden" attachments by clicking "Attach File" before sending mails

[Comment 1 Jean-François Brunette (RETIRED) 2005-04-13 08:31:13 UTC]

*** Bug 88968 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

[Comment 2 Sune Kloppenborg Jeppesen (RETIRED) 2005-04-13 09:05:47 UTC]

web-apps please advise.

[Comment 3 Thierry Carrez (RETIRED) 2005-04-14 00:57:07 UTC]

Not sure this is a security issue, since I don't see how it can be "exploited". It sure is a bug compromising privacy, though.

[Comment 4 Thierry Carrez (RETIRED) 2005-04-15 01:02:56 UTC]

Reassigning. This bug sucks, but isn't exploitable by an attacker to get sensitive information. web-apps: reassign back to us if you disagree.

[Comment 5 Renat Lumpau (RETIRED) 2005-07-06 04:41:41 UTC]

Please test with 1.0.0.007-r1 and reopen the bug if the problem persists.