CVE-2017-9604

Impact:
Low
Public Date:
2017-06-13
CWE:
CWE-201
Bugzilla:
1461756: CVE-2017-9604 kmail: Send Later with Delay bypasses OpenPGP
It was found that KMail's Send Later with Delay function bypassed OpenPGP signing and encryption, causing the message to be sent unsigned and in plain-text. A remote attacker, with access to the user's network traffic, could potentially use this flaw to obtain sensitive information from the plain-text email messages.

Find out more about CVE-2017-9604 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

CVSS v3 metrics

NOTE: The following CVSS v3 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

CVSS3 Base Score 5.4
CVSS3 Base Metrics CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
Attack Vector Network
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required None
User Interaction Required
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality Low
Integrity Impact Low
Availability Impact None

Affected Packages State

Platform Package State
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 kdepim Will not fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 kdepim3 Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 kdepim Will not fix

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