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Fedora 28 : thunderbird-enigmail (2018-77fe2e20ad) (EFAIL)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 120544

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Synopsis

The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.

Description

Enigmail update to version 2.0.4, introduces fixes for the efail attack. Please check and modify your Thunderbird settings if required:
https://enigmail.net/index.php/en/home/news/66-2018-05-16-efail-vulner ability-affects-encrypted-mails

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Solution

Update the affected thunderbird-enigmail package.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?21a16d26

https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2018-77fe2e20ad

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 120544

File Name: fedora_2018-77fe2e20ad.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 1/3/2019

Updated: 7/2/2024

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.4

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2017-17688

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.9

Temporal Score: 5.3

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

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:28, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:thunderbird-enigmail

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/24/2018

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/16/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-17688