Debian Security Advisory

DSA-4070-1 enigmail -- security update

Date Reported:

21 Dec 2017

Affected Packages:

Vulnerable:

Yes

Security database references:

In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2017-17843, CVE-2017-17844, CVE-2017-17845, CVE-2017-17846, CVE-2017-17847, CVE-2017-17848.

More information:

Multiple vulnerabilities were discovered in Enigmail, an OpenPGP extension for Thunderbird, which could result in a loss of confidentiality, faked signatures, plain text leaks and denial of service. Additional information can be found under https://enigmail.net/download/other/EnigmailPentestReportbyCure53-Excerpt.pdf

For the oldstable distribution (jessie), this problem has been fixed in version 2:1.9.9-1~deb8u1.

For the stable distribution (stretch), this problem has been fixed in version 2:1.9.9-1~deb9u1.

We recommend that you upgrade your enigmail packages.

For the detailed security status of enigmail please refer to its security tracker page at: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/enigmail