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gnumail — security advisory
GNUMail 1.1.2 and earlier does not properly use the --status-fd argument when invoking GnuPG, which prevents GNUMail 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.
- Products
- gnumail
- Affected versions
- 1.3.0-1, 1.4.0-1, 1.4.0-2, 1.4.0-3
- Fixed versions
- Not specified
- CVEs
- CVE-2007-1269
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 31 Oct 2026, 15:55 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
GNUMail 1.1.2 and earlier does not properly use the --status-fd argument when invoking GnuPG, which prevents GNUMail 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.
osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2007-1269
gnumail
Fixed versions: Not specified
gnumail
Fixed versions: Not specified
gnumail
Fixed versions: Not specified
Complete source record
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"id": "6ad80efabbe9b40261aeb7fe8aa590f5f8dcb59de5494f8cfe0cb4ddaec47649",
"url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2007-1269",
"method": "structured",
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"title": "DEBIAN-CVE-2007-1269",
"summary": "GNUMail 1.1.2 and earlier does not properly use the --status-fd argument when invoking GnuPG, which prevents GNUMail 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.",
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],
"modified": "2026-10-21T17:47:46.758600272Z",
"provider": "osv",
"upstream": [
"CVE-2007-1269"
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"references": [
"https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2007-1269"
]
},
"related_cves": [
{
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],
"security_relevant": true,
"severity_evidence": null
},
"source_id": "core-osv",
"document_id": 398599,
"published_at": "2007-03-06T20:19:00+00:00"
}