CVE-2017-17843
An issue was discovered in Enigmail before 1.9.9 that allows remote attackers to trigger use of an intended public key for encryption, because incorrect regular expressions are used for extraction of an e-mail address from a comma-separated list, as…
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (1.12%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
An issue was discovered in Enigmail before 1.9.9 that allows remote attackers to trigger use of an intended public key for encryption, because incorrect regular expressions are used for extraction of an e-mail address from a comma-separated list, as demonstrated by a modified Full Name field and a homograph attack, aka TBE-01-002.
- CVSS 3.0
- 5.9 MEDIUMCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
- EPSS
- 1.12% probability · 64th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- enigmail/enigmail · debian/debian linux
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- https://enigmail.net/download/other/Enigmail%20Pentest%20Report%20by%20Cure53%20-%20Excerpt.pdfVendor Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/12/msg00021.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-security-announce/2017/msg00333.htmlThird Party Advisory
- https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4070Third Party Advisory
- https://www.mail-archive.com/enigmail-users%40enigmail.net/msg04280.html
- https://enigmail.net/download/other/Enigmail%20Pentest%20Report%20by%20Cure53%20-%20Excerpt.pdfVendor Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/12/msg00021.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-security-announce/2017/msg00333.htmlThird Party Advisory
- https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4070Third Party Advisory
- https://www.mail-archive.com/enigmail-users%40enigmail.net/msg04280.html
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.