CVE-2017-9604

Publication date 13 June 2017

Last updated 25 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

Description

KDE kmail before 5.5.2 and messagelib before 5.5.2, as distributed in KDE Applications before 17.04.2, do not ensure that a plugin's sign/encrypt action occurs during use of the Send Later feature, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information by sniffing the network.

Status

Show unmaintained releases

Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
kdepim	17.10 artful	Not in release
	17.04 zesty	Ignored end of life
	16.10 yakkety	Ignored end of life
	16.04 LTS xenial	Fixed 4:15.12.3-0ubuntu1.1
	14.04 LTS trusty	Fixed 4:4.13.3-0ubuntu0.2
kf5-messagelib	17.10 artful	Fixed 4:16.12.3-0ubuntu3
	17.04 zesty	Ignored end of life
	16.10 yakkety	Ignored end of life
	16.04 LTS xenial	Not in release
	14.04 LTS trusty	Not in release

Patch details

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Package	Patch details
kdepim	Upstream: https://commits.kde.org/kmail/78c5552be2f00a4ac25bd77ca39386522fca70a8
kf5-messagelib	Upstream: https://commits.kde.org/messagelib/c54706e990bbd6498e7b1597ec7900bc809e8197

Severity score breakdown

Parameter	Value
Base score	7.5 · High
Attack vector	Network
Attack complexity	Low
Privileges required	None
User interaction	None
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality	High
Integrity impact	None
Availability impact	None
Vector	CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

References

Other references

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-9604