CVE-2017-17843
Medium
Description
An issue was discovered in Enigmail before 1.9.9 that allows remote attackers to trigger use of an intended public key for encryption, because incorrect regular expressions are used for extraction of an e-mail address from a comma-separated list, as demonstrated by a modified Full Name field and a homograph attack, aka TBE-01-002.
SeverityMedium
CVSS5.9
Exploit probability—
Product
Enigmail
PublishedDec 27, 2017
First seenDec 27, 2017
How to fix
Update
- enigmail enigmail1.9.9 or later
Vendor advisories
Affected products
| Product | Affected versions | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| enigmail enigmail | v < 1.9.9 | 1.9.9 |
| debian debian_linux | 8.0, 9.0 | — |
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