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A vulnerability was found in Enigmail up to 1.9.8. It has been classified as problematic. Affected is an unknown function. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality. CVE summarizes:
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.
The bug was discovered 12/22/2017. The weakness was presented 12/27/2017 (Website). The advisory is shared for download at debian.org. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2017-17844 since 12/22/2017. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1592.
The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 105430 (Debian DSA-4070-1 : enigmail - security update), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Debian Local Security Checks and running in the context l.
Upgrading to version 1.9.9 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published even before and not after the disclosure of the vulnerability.
The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (105430). See 111047, 111049, 111050 and 111051 for similar entries.
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CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.4VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.3
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Exploiting
Class: Information disclosureCWE: CWE-200 / CWE-284 / CWE-266
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Remote: Yes
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Nessus ID: 105430
Nessus Name: Debian DSA-4070-1 : enigmail - security update
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OpenVAS ID: 54750
OpenVAS Name: Debian Security Advisory DSA 4070-1 (enigmail - security update)
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Threat Intelligence
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Countermeasures
Recommended: UpgradeStatus: 🔍
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Upgrade: Enigmail 1.9.9
Timeline
12/21/2017 🔍12/22/2017 🔍
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01/19/2023 🔍
Sources
Advisory: DLA 1219-1Status: Not defined
CVE: CVE-2017-17844 (🔍)
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Entry
Created: 12/28/2017 09:39Updated: 01/19/2023 08:27
Changes: 12/28/2017 09:39 (69), 12/28/2019 11:18 (2), 01/19/2023 08:27 (4)
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