[Users] [Bug 3045] New: Claws prompts for passphrase on PGP message inside text/plain MIME part

[Gene Heskett]

On Saturday 04 January 2014 14:55:27 noreply at thewildbeast.co.uk did opine:

This is crazy, it just did it to me, twice, once to read the message, and 
once to reply to it, and I am running KMAIL! wth?

> http://www.thewildbeast.co.uk/claws-mail/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=3045
> 
>             Bug ID: 3045
>            Summary: Claws prompts for passphrase on PGP message inside
>                     text/plain MIME part
>     Classification: Unclassified
>            Product: Claws Mail
>            Version: 3.9.3
>           Hardware: PC
>                 OS: Linux
>             Status: NEW
>           Severity: normal
>           Priority: P3
>          Component: Plugins/Privacy
>           Assignee: users at lists.claws-mail.org
>           Reporter: claws at slashproc.org
> 
> Created attachment 1312
>   -->
> http://www.thewildbeast.co.uk/claws-mail/bugzilla/attachment.cgi?id=1312
> &action=edit PGP message inside text/plain MIME part
> 
> If a text/plain MIME part contains e.g.
> 
> -----BEGIN PGP MESSAGE-----
> 
> jA0ECgMC0nbVtnsmoZ9g0lQBFVTSY/avTaGibkt/dFGciqjGih1OXfLCPBRkv9gq
> sDqdOrjzSO0A+P5ziDalFWJEaNQR5mYQaj/eUP8YAM4e5baFvW+7mSMesuMXqEY1
> +E0TCzY=
> =9DoC
> -----END PGP MESSAGE-----
> 
> Claws prompts to enter the passphrase.
> After closing the requester the message is displayed normal.
> Example message (also attached in anonymized form):
> http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=138884417314892&q=raw
> 
> Maybe it's not really a bug because a MIME message could also include
> ASCII armor PGP messages?
> Though that would be really unusual.


Cheers, Gene
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