UBUNTU-CVE-2017-17848

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2017-17848

    Published: 27 Dec 2017Last Modified: 16 Jul 2025
    Upstream:
    CVE-2017-17848

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-17848, 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

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: enigmail

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/enigmail@2:1.9.9-0ubuntu0.14.04.1?arch=source&distro=trusty

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -2:1.9.9-0ubuntu0.14.04.1

    Affected versions

    2:1.5.2-0ubuntu1

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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