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CVE-2017-17845

Date: December 22, 2017

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.

Severity Score

7.3

Related Resources (9)

Url: https://enigmail.net/download/other/Enigmail%20Pentest%20Report%20by%20Cure53%20-%20Excerpt.pdf

Url: https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/12/msg00021.html

Url: https://www.mail-archive.com/enigmail-users%40enigmail.net/msg04280.html

Url: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-17845

Url: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-17845

Url: https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4070

Url: https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2017-17845

Url: https://lists.debian.org/debian-security-announce/2017/msg00333.html

Url: https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2017-17845

Severity Score

7.3

Weakness Type (CWE)

Use of Cryptographically Weak Pseudo-Random Number Generator (PRNG)

CWE-338

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:	7.3
Attack Vector (AV):	NETWORK
Attack Complexity (AC):	LOW
Privileges Required (PR):	NONE
User Interaction (UI):	NONE
Scope (S):	UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C):	LOW
Integrity (I):	LOW
Availability (A):	LOW

CVSS v2

Base Score:	7.5
Access Vector (AV):	NETWORK
Access Complexity (AC):	LOW
Authentication (AU):	NONE
Confidentiality (C):	PARTIAL
Integrity (I):	PARTIAL
Availability (A):	PARTIAL
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