vulnerability
Ubuntu: (CVE-2017-17846): enigmail vulnerability
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P) | Dec 27, 2017 | Nov 19, 2024 | Aug 18, 2025 |
Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
Dec 27, 2017
Added
Nov 19, 2024
Modified
Aug 18, 2025
Description
An issue was discovered in Enigmail before 1.9.9. Regular expressions are exploitable for Denial of Service, because of attempts to match arbitrarily long strings, aka TBE-01-003.
Solution
ubuntu-upgrade-enigmail
References
- CVE-2017-17846
- https://attackerkb.com/topics/CVE-2017-17846
- CWE-20
- DEBIAN-DSA-4070
- URL-https://enigmail.net/download/other/Enigmail%20Pentest%20Report%20by%20Cure53%20-%20Excerpt.pdf
- URL-https://lists.debian.org/debian-security-announce/2017/msg00333.html
- URL-https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-17846
- URL-https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4070
- URL-https://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/msg04280.html
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