USN-7732-1: KMail Account Wizard vulnerability

Publication date

2 September 2025

Overview

KMail Account Wizard uses an insecure protocol.


Packages

Details

It was discovered that KMail Account Wizard used HTTP rather than HTTPS
when retrieving certain email server configurations. An attacker could
possibly use this issue to cause email clients to use an
attacker-controlled email server.

It was discovered that KMail Account Wizard used HTTP rather than HTTPS
when retrieving certain email server configurations. An attacker could
possibly use this issue to cause email clients to use an
attacker-controlled email server.

Update instructions

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

Learn more about how to get the fixes.

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu Release Package Version
24.04 noble accountwizard –  4:23.08.5-0ubuntu3+esm1  
22.04 jammy accountwizard –  4:21.12.3-0ubuntu1+esm1  
20.04 focal accountwizard –  4:19.12.3-0ubuntu1+esm1  
18.04 bionic accountwizard –  4:17.12.3-0ubuntu1+esm1  

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