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Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2017-17689
medium Nessus Plugin ID 220871
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Synopsis
The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed with a vulnerability that the vendor indicates will not be patched.Description
The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available.- The S/MIME specification allows a Cipher Block Chaining (CBC) malleability-gadget attack that can indirectly lead to plaintext exfiltration, aka EFAIL. (CVE-2017-17689)
Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.
Solution
There is no known solution at this time.See Also
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2017-17689
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 220871
File Name: unpatched_CVE_2017_17689.nasl
Version: 1.4
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Misc.
Published: 3/4/2025
Updated: 8/30/2025
Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, 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-2017-17689
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:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:11.0, cpe:/o:centos:centos:7, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:kf5-messagelib, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:kmail, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:evolution, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:kdepim, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kdepim, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:14.0, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:kdepim, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:12.0, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:13.0
Required KB Items: Host/OS/identifier, Host/cpu, Host/local_checks_enabled, global_settings/vendor_unpatched
Exploit Available: true
Exploit Ease: Exploits are available
Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/14/2018
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2017-17689