CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2017-17844

Cleartext Transmission of Sensitive Information

Published: Dec 27, 2017 | Modified: Apr 20, 2025
CVSS 3.x
6.5
MEDIUM
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CVSS 2.x
4.3 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
HIGH

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.

Weakness

The product transmits sensitive or security-critical data in cleartext in a communication channel that can be sniffed by unauthorized actors.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Enigmail Enigmail * 1.9.9 (excluding)
Enigmail Ubuntu artful *
Enigmail Ubuntu esm-apps/xenial *
Enigmail Ubuntu trusty *
Enigmail Ubuntu upstream *
Enigmail Ubuntu xenial *
Enigmail Ubuntu zesty *

Potential Mitigations

References