This update for enigmail fixes multiple issues.

Security issues fixed :

  - CVE-2017-17688: CFB gadget attacks allowed to exfiltrate     plaintext out of encrypted emails. enigmail now fails on     GnuPG integrity check warnings for old Algorithms     (bsc#1093151)

  - CVE-2017-17689: CBC gadget attacks allows to exfiltrate     plaintext out of encrypted emails (bsc#1093152)

Enigmail update to version 2.0.4, introduces fixes for the efail attack. Please check and modify your Thunderbird settings if required:
https://enigmail.net/index.php/en/home/news/66-2018-05-16-efail-vulner ability-affects-encrypted-mails

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This update for enigmail to version 2.0.4 fixes multiple issues.

Security issues fixed :

  - CVE-2017-17688: CFB gadget attacks allowed to exfiltrate     plaintext out of encrypted emails. enigmail now fails on     GnuPG integrity check warnings for old Algorithms     (bsc#1093151)

  - CVE-2017-17689: CBC gadget attacks allows to exfiltrate     plaintext out of encrypted emails (bsc#1093152)

This update also includes new and updated functionality :

  - The Encryption and Signing buttons now work for both     OpenPGP and S/MIME. Enigmail will chose between S/MIME     or OpenPGP depending on whether the keys for all     recipients are available for the respective standard

  - Support for the Autocrypt standard, which is now enabled     by default

  - Support for Pretty Easy Privacy (p&equiv;p)

  - Support for Web Key Directory (WKD)

  - The message subject can now be encrypted and replaced     with a dummy subject, following the Memory Hole standard     forprotected Email Headers

  - keys on keyring are automatically refreshed from     keyservers at irregular intervals

  - Subsequent updates of Enigmail no longer require a     restart of Thunderbird 

  - Keys are internally addressed using the fingerprint     instead of the key ID

This update for enigmail to version 2.0.5 fixes the following issues :

Improvements on previous fixes on CVE-2017-17688, boo#1093151 and CVE-2017-17689, boo#1093152 (EFAIL) :

  - do not decrypt MIME parts unnecessarily 

  - improve Error Message for Missing Message Modification     Code

ID	Name	Product	Family	Published	Updated	Severity
123172	openSUSE Security Update : enigmail (openSUSE-2019-368) (EFAIL)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	3/27/2019	6/12/2024	medium
110168	Fedora 26 : thunderbird-enigmail (2018-6020628437) (EFAIL)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	5/29/2018	9/30/2024	medium
120544	Fedora 28 : thunderbird-enigmail (2018-77fe2e20ad) (EFAIL)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	1/3/2019	7/2/2024	medium
109904	openSUSE Security Update : enigmail (openSUSE-2018-470) (EFAIL)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	5/18/2018	10/4/2024	medium
109933	openSUSE Security Update : enigmail (openSUSE-2018-474) (EFAIL)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	5/21/2018	10/4/2024	medium
110068	openSUSE Security Update : enigmail (openSUSE-2018-495) (EFAIL)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	5/24/2018	10/1/2024	medium
110166	Fedora 27 : thunderbird-enigmail (2018-25525a9346) (EFAIL)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	5/29/2018	9/30/2024	medium
123173	openSUSE Security Update : enigmail (openSUSE-2019-395) (EFAIL)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	3/27/2019	6/12/2024	medium

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