FKIE_CVE-2017-5658

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2018-10-04 14:29 - Updated: 2026-06-17 01:20
Severity
5.3 (Medium) - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
Summary
The statistics generator in Apache Pony Mail 0.7 to 0.9 was found to be returning timestamp data without proper authorization checks. This could lead to derived information disclosure on private lists about the timing of specific email subjects or text bodies, though without disclosing the content itself. As this was primarily used as a caching feature for faster loading times, the caching was disabled by default to prevent this. Users using 0.9 should upgrade to 0.10 to address this issue.
References
security@apache.orghttps://lists.apache.org/thread.html/6a18cf5690d54231836f277f2b4346b53da3b6b6b08fee4c4ef4977e%40%3Cdev.ponymail.apache.org%3E
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/6a18cf5690d54231836f277f2b4346b53da3b6b6b08fee4c4ef4977e%40%3Cdev.ponymail.apache.org%3E
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
apache pony_mail *
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          "product": "Apache Pony Mail",
          "vendor": "Apache Software Foundation",
          "versions": [
            {
              "status": "affected",
              "version": "0.7 to 0.9 (incubating)"
            }
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    }
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      "value": "The statistics generator in Apache Pony Mail 0.7 to 0.9 was found to be returning timestamp data without proper authorization checks. This could lead to derived information disclosure on private lists about the timing of specific email subjects or text bodies, though without disclosing the content itself. As this was primarily used as a caching feature for faster loading times, the caching was disabled by default to prevent this. Users using 0.9 should upgrade to 0.10 to address this issue."
    },
    {
      "lang": "es",
      "value": "Se ha detectado que el generador de estad\u00edsticas en Apache Pony Mail desde la versi\u00f3n 0.7 hasta la 0.9 devuelve datos de marcas de tiempo sin las comprobaciones de autorizaci\u00f3n apropiadas. Esto podr\u00eda conducir a una divulgaci\u00f3n de informaci\u00f3n derivada en listas privadas sobre las sincronizaciones de los asuntos o los cuerpos de texto de determinados correos, aunque sin divulgar su contenido. Ya que se us\u00f3 en primera instancia como una caracter\u00edstica de cacheo de memoria para aumentar la velocidad de carga, el cacheo de memoria estaba deshabilitado por defecto para prevenir esto. Los usuarios que utilicen la versi\u00f3n 0.9 deber\u00edan actualizar a la versi\u00f3n 0.10 para solucionar este problema."
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  "lastModified": "2026-06-17T01:20:58.923",
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          "value": "CWE-200"
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}


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