medium6.5
CVE-2017-17844
An issue was discovered in Enigmail before 1.9.9.
Impact
An issue was discovered in Enigmail before 1.9.9. A remote attacker can obtain cleartext content by sending an encrypted data block (that the attacker cannot directly decrypt) to a victim, and relying on the victim to automatically decrypt that block and then send it back to the attacker as quoted text, aka the TBE-01-005 "replay" issue.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions |
|---|---|---|
| Enigmail | Enigmail | before 1.9.9 |
| Debian | Debian Linux | Versions 8.0, 9.0 |
Weakness classification
References
- NVD record
- CVE.org record
- https://enigmail.net/download/other/Enigmail%20Pentest%20Report%20by%20Cure53%20-%20Excerpt.pdf
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/12/msg00021.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-security-announce/2017/msg00333.html
- https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4070
- https://www.mail-archive.com/enigmail-users%40enigmail.net/msg04280.html
- https://enigmail.net/download/other/Enigmail%20Pentest%20Report%20by%20Cure53%20-%20Excerpt.pdf
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/12/msg00021.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-security-announce/2017/msg00333.html
- https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4070
- https://www.mail-archive.com/enigmail-users%40enigmail.net/msg04280.html