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GHSA-87Q6-MG5F-MP98

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

Details

** DISPUTED ** The OpenPGP specification allows a Cipher Feedback Mode (CFB) malleability-gadget attack that can indirectly lead to plaintext exfiltration, aka EFAIL. NOTE: third parties report that this is a problem in applications that mishandle the Modification Detection Code (MDC) feature or accept an obsolete packet type, not a problem in the OpenPGP specification.

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-2017-17688 (GCVE-0-2017-17688)

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

Summary

The OpenPGP specification allows a Cipher Feedback Mode (CFB) malleability-gadget attack that can indirectly lead to plaintext exfiltration, aka EFAIL. NOTE: third parties report that this is a problem in applications that mishandle the Modification Detection Code (MDC) feature or accept an obsolete packet type, not a problem in the OpenPGP specification

Severity

No CVSS data available.

CWE

Assigner

mitre mitre root Scorecard

References

10 references

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https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17066419	x_refsource_MISC
https://www.patreon.com/posts/cybersecurity-15-18814817	x_refsource_MISC
http://flaked.sockpuppet.org/2018/05/16/a-unified…	x_refsource_MISC
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104162	vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
https://lists.gnupg.org/pipermail/gnupg-users/201…	x_refsource_MISC
https://efail.de	x_refsource_MISC
https://twitter.com/matthew_d_green/status/995996…	x_refsource_MISC
https://www.synology.com/support/security/Synolog…	x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040904	vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK

Date Public

2018-05-16 00:00

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