CVE-2017-17844
CVSS V2 Medium 4.3
CVSS V3 Medium 6.5
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.
Overview
- CVE ID
- CVE-2017-17844
- Assigner
- cve@mitre.org
- Vulnerability Status
- Modified
- Published Version
- 2017-12-27T17:08:19
- Last Modified Date
- 2019-10-03T00:03:26
Weakness Enumerations
CPE Configuration (Product)
| CPE | Vulnerable | Operator | Version Start | Version End |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:enigmail:enigmail:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 1 | OR | 1.9.9 | |
| cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 1 | OR | ||
| cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 1 | OR |
CVSS Version 2
- Version
- 2.0
- Vector String
- AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
- Access Vector
- NETWORK
- Access Compatibility
- MEDIUM
- Authentication
- NONE
- Confidentiality Impact
- PARTIAL
- Integrity Impact
- NONE
- Availability Impact
- NONE
- Base Score
- 4.3
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- Exploitability Score
- 8.6
- Impact Score
- 2.9
CVSS Version 3
- Version
- 3.0
- Vector String
- CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- Attack Vector
- NETWORK
- Attack Compatibility
- LOW
- Privileges Required
- NONE
- User Interaction
- REQUIRED
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality Impact
- HIGH
- Availability Impact
- NONE
- Base Score
- 6.5
- Base Severity
- MEDIUM
- Exploitability Score
- 2.8
- Impact Score
- 3.6
References
| Reference URL | Reference Tags |
|---|---|
| https://www.mail-archive.com/enigmail-users@enigmail.net/msg04280.html | Mailing List Third Party Advisory |
| https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4070 | Third Party Advisory |
| https://lists.debian.org/debian-security-announce/2017/msg00333.html | Third Party Advisory |
| https://enigmail.net/download/other/Enigmail%20Pentest%20Report%20by%20Cure53%20-%20Excerpt.pdf | Third Party Advisory Vendor Advisory |
| https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/12/msg00021.html |
Sources
| Source Name | Source URL |
|---|---|
| NIST | https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-17844 |
| MITRE | https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-17844 |
History
| Created | Old Value | New Value | Data Type | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-05-10 17:24:18 | Added to TrackCVE | |||
| 2022-12-03 00:22:40 | 2017-12-27T17:08Z | 2017-12-27T17:08:19 | CVE Published Date | updated |
| 2022-12-03 00:22:40 | 2019-10-03T00:03:26 | CVE Modified Date | updated | |
| 2022-12-03 00:22:40 | Modified | Vulnerability Status | updated |