CVE-2017-17848
First published: Fri Dec 22 2017(Updated: )
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.
Credit: cve@mitre.org
| Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
|---|---|---|
| debian/enigmail | 2:2.2.4-0.2~deb10u1 2:2.1.3+ds1-4~deb10u2 2:2.2.4-0.3 | |
| Enigmail Enigmail | <1.9.9 | |
| Debian Debian Linux | =7.0 | |
| Debian Debian Linux | =8.0 | |
| Debian Debian Linux | =9.0 |
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Reference Links
- https://enigmail.net/download/other/Enigmail%20Pentest%20Report%20by%20Cure53%20-%20Excerpt.pdf
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-17848
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/152703/Johnny-You-Are-Fired.html
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/Apr/38
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/04/30/4
- https://github.com/RUB-NDS/Johnny-You-Are-Fired
- https://github.com/RUB-NDS/Johnny-You-Are-Fired/blob/master/paper/johnny-fired.pdf
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/12/msg00021.html
- 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
- collector/security-tracker-debian
- collector/nvd-index
- agent/author
- agent/severity
- agent/references
- agent/weakness
- agent/type
- agent/event
- agent/description
- agent/last-modified-date
- agent/first-publish-date
- agent/softwarecombine
- agent/tags
- collector/mitre-cve
- source/MITRE
- package-manager/debian
- vendor/enigmail
- canonical/enigmail enigmail
- vendor/debian
- canonical/debian debian linux
- version/debian debian linux/7.0
- version/debian debian linux/8.0
- version/debian debian linux/9.0