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OS X update for Mail (CVE-2017-13871)

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OS X update for Mail (CVE-2017-13871)

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
Published
12/07/2017
Created
07/25/2018
Added
12/07/2017
Modified
03/18/2020

Description

An issue was discovered in certain Apple products. macOS before 10.13.2 is affected. The issue involves the "Mail" component. It allows remote attackers to read cleartext e-mail content (for which S/MIME encryption was intended) by leveraging the lack of installation of an S/MIME certificate by the recipient.

Solution(s)

  • apple-osx-upgrade-10_13_2

References

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