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CVE-2017-17845

An issue was discovered in Enigmail before 1.9.9.

Published 8 y ago · modified 4 mo ago · JSON

CVSS
7.3
v3.0 · NVD
CISA KEV
No
not known exploited
EPSS
1.6%
percentile 76%
Public exploits
0
none known

An issue was discovered in Enigmail before 1.9.9. Improper Random Secret Generation occurs because Math.Random() is used by pretty Easy privacy (pEp), aka TBE-01-001.

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

1.61% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 76% of all scored CVEs.

CVSS scores

Assigned byVersionScoreVector
NVD3.07.3CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
NVD2.07.5AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-338 Use of Cryptographically Weak Pseudo-Random Number Generator (PRNG)

References

  • enigmail.net /download/other/Enigmail%20Pentest%20Report%20by%20Cure53%20-%20Excerpt.pdf · x_refsource_MISC, x_transferred
  • lists.debian.org /debian-security-announce/2017/msg00333.html · x_refsource_MISC, x_transferred
  • mail-archive.com /enigmail-users%40enigmail.net/msg04280.html · x_refsource_MISC, x_transferred
  • lists.debian.org /debian-lts-announce/2017/12/msg00021.html · mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST, x_transferred
  • debian.org /security/2017/dsa-4070 · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_DEBIAN, x_transferred

Sources

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