CVE-2017-17844

Published Dec 22, 2017 CVSS 3.0 · 6.5 Medium EPSS 1.4% KEV · Not listed
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.

Remediation

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-1219-1 enigmail security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2017-8991 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.
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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
mitre
Published
Updated
Aug 5, 2024, 9:06 PM
Reserved
Dec 22, 2017, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Dec 27, 2017, 5:08 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 1:11 AM