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openSUSE: 2018:2265-1 Moderate: Enigmail HTML Security Fix

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Calendar Grey August 9, 2018
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Attention openSUSE users! A recent update for Enigmail addresses a serious HTML vulnerability. Upgrade promptly to maintain your security!
An update that contains security fixes can now be installed.

Description

This update for enigmail to 2.0.8 fixes the following issues:

The enigmail 2.0.8 release addresses a security issue and solves a few

regression bugs.

* A security issue has been fixed that allows an attacker to prepare a

plain, unauthenticated HTML message in a way that it looks like it's

signed and/or encrypted (boo#1104036)

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Topics Covered

security advisory moderate update security fix enigmail opensuse package hub

Patch

Patch Instructions:

To install this openSUSE Security Update use the SUSE recommended installation methods

like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".

Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

- SUSE Package Hub for SUSE Linux Enterprise 12:

zypper in -t patch openSUSE-2018-833=1

Package List

- SUSE Package Hub for SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64):

enigmail-2.0.8-21.1

References

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1104036

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Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2018:2265-1
Rating: moderate
Affected Products: SUSE Package Hub for SUSE Linux Enterprise 12

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Topics Covered

security advisory moderate update security fix enigmail opensuse package hub

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