vulnerability

Debian: CVE-2017-17689: kf5-messagelib -- security update

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
Published
May 16, 2018
Added
Jul 30, 2024
Modified
Mar 30, 2026

Description

The S/MIME specification allows a Cipher Block Chaining (CBC) malleability-gadget attack that can indirectly lead to plaintext exfiltration, aka EFAIL.

Solution

debian-upgrade-kf5-messagelib
Title
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