Description
An issue was discovered in Enigmail before 1.9.9. In a variant of CVE-2017-17847, signature spoofing is possible for multipart/related messages because a signed message part can be referenced with a cid: URI but not actually displayed. In other words, the entire containing message appears to be signed, but the recipient does not see any of the signed text.
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Remediation
No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.
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Tracking
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Advisories
| Source | ID | Title |
|---|---|---|
Debian DLA |
DLA-1219-1 | enigmail security update |
EUVD |
EUVD-2017-8995 | An issue was discovered in Enigmail before 1.9.9. In a variant of CVE-2017-17847, signature spoofing is possible for multipart/related messages because a signed message part can be referenced with a cid: URI but not actually displayed. In other words, the entire containing message appears to be signed, but the recipient does not see any of the signed text. |
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History
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published:
Updated: 2024-08-05T21:06:48.930Z
Reserved: 2017-12-22T00:00:00.000Z
Link: CVE-2017-17848
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Status : Modified
Published: 2017-12-27T17:08:19.920
Modified: 2026-05-13T00:24:29.033
Link: CVE-2017-17848
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OpenCVE Enrichment
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Weaknesses
Debian DLA
EUVD