CVE-2017-17688
- State
- Published
- Severity
- Not scored
- Published
- May 16, 2018
- Updated
- Aug 5, 2024
- Reserved
- Dec 15, 2017
Description
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
Scores
The record has no CVSS score.
Weaknesses
The record names no weakness.
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
n/an/a |
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References
- https://protonmail.com/blog/pgp-vulnerability-efail
- https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17066419
- https://www.patreon.com/posts/cybersecurity-15-18814817
- http://flaked.sockpuppet.org/2018/05/16/a-unified-timeline.html
- 104162vdb-entry
- https://lists.gnupg.org/pipermail/gnupg-users/2018-May/060334.html
- https://efail.de/
- https://twitter.com/matthew_d_green/status/995996706457243648
- https://www.synology.com/support/security/Synology_SA_18_22
- 1040904vdb-entry
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