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GHSA-XV45-9768-G2MM

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-05-13 01:44 – Updated: 2022-05-13 01:44

Details

The S/MIME specification allows a Cipher Block Chaining (CBC) malleability-gadget attack that can indirectly lead to plaintext exfiltration, aka EFAIL.

Severity

5.9 (Medium)


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

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CVE-2017-17689 (GCVE-0-2017-17689)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2018-05-16 19:00 – Updated: 2024-08-05 20:59

Summary

The S/MIME specification allows a Cipher Block Chaining (CBC) malleability-gadget attack that can indirectly lead to plaintext exfiltration, aka EFAIL.

Severity

No CVSS data available.

CWE

Assigner

mitre CNA under the mitre root

CNA scorecard E 28/100 over 2319 records in the last 180 days details

References

6 references

URL	Tags
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17066419	x_refsource_MISC
https://pastebin.com/gNCc8aYm	x_refsource_MISC
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104165	vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
https://twitter.com/matthew_d_green/status/996371…	x_refsource_MISC
https://efail.de	x_refsource_MISC
https://www.synology.com/support/security/Synolog…	x_refsource_CONFIRM

Date Public

2018-05-16 00:00

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