CVE-2017-17843 · cross-distro fix matrix

CVE-2017-17843: An issue was discovered in Enigmail before 1.9.9 that allows remote attackers to trigger use of an intended public key for encryption, because incorrect regular expressions are used for extraction of an e-mail address from a comma-separated list, as demonstrated by a modified Full Name field and a h

Affects 1 Linux release across 1 (distro × package) combinations.

Fix per ecosystem

Each block below is a distro release where CVE-2017-17843 has a known fix. Run the listed command on that distro to remediate.

Debian bullseye

Source: Debian Security Tracker

enigmail→ fixed in2:1.9.9-1urgency: not yet assigned
```
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y enigmail
```

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