CVEvulnerability
CVE-2017-17845
7.3 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2017-12-27
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
- 7.3 HIGH — CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 7.5 HIGH — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- Weaknesses
- CWE-338
Description
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.
Affected configurations
• enigmail enigmail (< 1.9.9)
• debian debian linux 8.0
• debian debian linux 9.0
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-338 Use of Cryptographically Weak Pseudo-Random Number Generator (PRNG) weakness
References
- https://enigmail.net/download/other/Enigmail%20Pentest%20Report%20by%20Cure53%20-%20Excerpt.pdf Third Party Advisory, Vendor Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/12/msg00021.html lists.debian.org
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-security-announce/2017/msg00333.html Third Party Advisory
- https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4070 Third Party Advisory
- https://www.mail-archive.com/enigmail-users%40enigmail.net/msg04280.html www.mail-archive.com
- https://enigmail.net/download/other/Enigmail%20Pentest%20Report%20by%20Cure53%20-%20Excerpt.pdf Third Party Advisory, Vendor Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/12/msg00021.html lists.debian.org
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-security-announce/2017/msg00333.html Third Party Advisory
- https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4070 Third Party Advisory
- https://www.mail-archive.com/enigmail-users%40enigmail.net/msg04280.html www.mail-archive.com