Vulnerability CVE-2017-17845
Published: 2017-12-27

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.

Type:

CWE-338

 (Use of Cryptographically Weak PRNG)

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
7.5/10
6.4/10
10/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Low
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Partial
Partial
Partial
Affected software
Enigmail -> Enigmail 
Debian -> Debian linux 

 References:
https://enigmail.net/download/other/Enigmail%20Pentest%20Report%20by%20Cure53%20-%20Excerpt.pdf
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/12/msg00021.html
https://lists.debian.org/debian-security-announce/2017/msg00333.html
https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4070
https://www.mail-archive.com/enigmail-users@enigmail.net/msg04280.html
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