CVE-2017-17845

Publication date 27 December 2017

Last updated 25 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Low

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

7.3 · High

Score breakdown

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.

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
enigmail 17.10 artful
Fixed 2:1.9.9-0ubuntu0.17.10.1
17.04 zesty Ignored end of life
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 2:1.9.9-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
14.04 LTS trusty
Fixed 2:1.9.9-0ubuntu0.14.04.1

Severity score breakdown

CVSS version: CVSS v3.0

Base score 7.3 · High

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

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