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TITLE:
KDE KMail User Interface Spoofing Vulnerability

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA14925

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/14925/

CRITICAL:
Less critical

IMPACT:
Spoofing

WHERE:
>From remote

SOFTWARE:
KDE 3.x
http://secunia.com/product/219/

DESCRIPTION:
Noam Rathaus has discovered a vulnerability in KMail, which can be
exploited by malicious people to conduct spoofing attacks.

The vulnerability is caused due to an error where HTML code can
overlay part of the user interface. This can e.g. be exploited to
trick a user into believing a specially crafted mail is signed and
coming from a trusted source.

Successful exploitation requires that the option "Prefer HTML to
plain text" is enabled (not default setting).

The vulnerability has been confirmed in KMail 1.7.1 on KDE 3.3.1. KDE
3.3.2 is reportedly also affected. Other versions may also be
affected.

SOLUTION:
Disable the "Prefer HTML to plain text" setting.

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Noam Rathaus

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=96020

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