CVE-2017-17848
Publication date 27 December 2017
Last updated 24 July 2024
Ubuntu priority
Cvss 3 Severity Score
An issue was discovered in Enigmail before 1.9.9. In a variant of CVE-2017-17847, signature spoofing is possible for multipart/related messages because a signed message part can be referenced with a cid: URI but not actually displayed. In other words, the entire containing message appears to be signed, but the recipient does not see any of the signed text.
Status
Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
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enigmail | ||
16.04 LTS xenial |
Fixed 2:1.9.9-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
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14.04 LTS trusty |
Fixed 2:1.9.9-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
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Severity score breakdown
Parameter | Value |
---|---|
Base score | 7.5 · High |
Attack vector | Network |
Attack complexity | Low |
Privileges required | None |
User interaction | None |
Scope | Unchanged |
Confidentiality | None |
Integrity impact | High |
Availability impact | None |
Vector | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N |
References
Other references
- https://enigmail.net/download/other/Enigmail%20Pentest%20Report%20by%20Cure53%20-%20Excerpt.pdf
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-security-announce/2017/msg00333.html
- https://sourceforge.net/p/enigmail/bugs/709/
- https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4070
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-17848