Debian DSA-3921-1 : enigmail - security update

high Nessus Plugin ID 102045

Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.

Description

In DSA 3918 Thunderbird was upgraded to the latest ESR series. This update upgrades Enigmail, the OpenPGP extention for Thunderbird, to version 1.9.8.1 to restore full compatibility.

Solution

Upgrade the enigmail packages.

For the oldstable distribution (jessie), this problem has been fixed in version 2:1.9.8.1-1~deb8u1.

For the stable distribution (stretch), this problem has been fixed in version 2:1.9.8.1-1~deb9u1.

See Also

https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=869774

https://packages.debian.org/source/jessie/enigmail

https://packages.debian.org/source/stretch/enigmail

https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3921

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 102045

File Name: debian_DSA-3921.nasl

Version: 3.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 7/31/2017

Updated: 1/4/2021

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:enigmail, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:8.0, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:9.0

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Patch Publication Date: 7/28/2017

Reference Information

DSA: 3921