Vulnerability Name:

CVE-2017-17848 (CCN-136688)

Assigned:2017-12-22
Published:2017-12-22
Updated:2019-05-16
Summary: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.
CVSS v3 Severity:7.5 High (CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N)
6.5 Medium (Temporal CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N/E:U/RL:O/RC:C)
Exploitability Metrics:Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): None
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope:Scope (S): Unchanged
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): High
Availibility (A): None
4.3 Medium (CCN CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N)
3.8 Low (CCN Temporal CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N/E:U/RL:O/RC:C)
Exploitability Metrics:Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): None
User Interaction (UI): Required
Scope:Scope (S): Unchanged
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): Low
Availibility (A): None
CVSS v2 Severity:5.0 Medium (CVSS v2 Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)
Exploitability Metrics:Access Vector (AV): Network
Access Complexity (AC): Low
Authentication (Au): None
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): Partial
Availibility (A): None
4.0 Medium (CCN CVSS v2 Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N)
Exploitability Metrics:Access Vector (AV): Network
Access Complexity (AC): Low
Athentication (Au): Single_Instance
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): Partial
Availibility (A): None
Vulnerability Type:CWE-347
Vulnerability Consequences:Gain Access
References:Source: MITRE
Type: CNA
CVE-2017-17848

Source: MISC
Type: Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/152703/Johnny-You-Are-Fired.html

Source: FULLDISC
Type: Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
20190430 OpenPGP and S/MIME signature forgery attacks in multiple email clients

Source: MLIST
Type: Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
[oss-security] 20190430 Spoofing OpenPGP and S/MIME Signatures in Emails (multiple clients)

Source: XF
Type: UNKNOWN
enigmail-cve201717848-spoofing(136688)

Source: MISC
Type: UNKNOWN
https://github.com/RUB-NDS/Johnny-You-Are-Fired

Source: MISC
Type: UNKNOWN
https://github.com/RUB-NDS/Johnny-You-Are-Fired/blob/master/paper/johnny-fired.pdf

Source: MLIST
Type: Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
[debian-lts-announce] 20171223 [SECURITY] [DLA 1219-1] enigmail security update

Source: MISC
Type: Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-security-announce/2017/msg00333.html

Source: MISC
Type: Third Party Advisory
https://sourceforge.net/p/enigmail/bugs/709/

Source: CCN
Type: Debian Security Advisory: DSA-4070-1
enigmail -- security update

Source: DEBIAN
Type: Third Party Advisory
DSA-4070

Source: CCN
Type: Enigmail Web site
A simple interface for OpenPGP email security

Source: CCN
Type: WhiteSource Vulnerability Database
CVE-2017-17848

Vulnerable Configuration:Configuration 1:
  • cpe:/a:enigmail:enigmail:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (Version < 1.9.9)

  • Configuration 2:
  • cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

  • Configuration CCN 1:
  • cpe:/a:enigmail:enigmail:1.9.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

  • * Denotes that component is vulnerable
    Oval Definitions
    Definition IDClassTitleLast Modified
    oval:com.ubuntu.artful:def:201717848000
    V
    CVE-2017-17848 on Ubuntu 17.10 (artful) - high.
    2017-12-27
    oval:com.ubuntu.trusty:def:201717848000
    V
    CVE-2017-17848 on Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (trusty) - high.
    2017-12-27
    oval:com.ubuntu.xenial:def:201717848000
    V
    CVE-2017-17848 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (xenial) - high.
    2017-12-27
    oval:com.ubuntu.xenial:def:2017178480000000
    V
    CVE-2017-17848 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (xenial) - high.
    2017-12-27
    BACK
    enigmail enigmail *
    debian debian linux 7.0
    debian debian linux 8.0
    debian debian linux 9.0
    enigmail enigmail 1.9.8