MGASA-2018-0476

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    MGASA-2018-0476

    Published: 3 Dec 2018Last Modified: 16 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2018-19516

    Summary: Updated messagelib packages fix security vulnerability

    Details: 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 (CVE-2018-19516).

    References: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2018-0476.html, https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=23923, https://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20181128-1.txt

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: messagelib

    Purl: pkg:rpm/mageia/messagelib?arch=source&distro=mageia-6

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -17.12.2-1.1.mga6

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High