CVE-2017-17688 Affecting enigmail package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.52% (77th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN8-ENIGMAIL-324156
  • published16 May 2018
  • disclosed16 May 2018

Introduced: 16 May 2018

CVE-2017-17688  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for Debian:8 enigmail.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream enigmail package and not the enigmail package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

The OpenPGP specification allows a Cipher Feedback Mode (CFB) malleability-gadget attack that can indirectly lead to plaintext exfiltration, aka EFAIL. NOTE: third parties report that this is a problem in applications that mishandle the Modification Detection Code (MDC) feature or accept an obsolete packet type, not a problem in the OpenPGP specification