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GHSA-257H-H5GH-R9CX

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-05-14 03:46 – Updated: 2025-04-20 03:50

Details

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 ?

7.3 (High)


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

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CVE-2017-17845 (GCVE-0-2017-17845)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2017-12-22 23:00 – Updated: 2024-08-05 21:06

Summary

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 ?

No CVSS data available.

CWE

Assigner

mitre

References

URL

Tags

	https://enigmail.net/download/other/Enigmail%20Pe…	x_refsource_MISC
	https://lists.debian.org/debian-security-announce…	x_refsource_MISC
	https://www.mail-archive.com/enigmail-users%40eni…	x_refsource_MISC
	https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017…	mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
	https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4070	vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN

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