CVE-2017-17844
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…
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (1.35%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
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.
- CVSS 3.0
- 6.5 MEDIUMCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- EPSS
- 1.35% probability · 70th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-319
- Affected
- enigmail/enigmail · debian/debian linux
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- https://enigmail.net/download/other/Enigmail%20Pentest%20Report%20by%20Cure53%20-%20Excerpt.pdfThird Party Advisory, Vendor 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.pdfThird Party Advisory, Vendor 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.