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Debian DSA-3846-1 : libytnef - security update

high Nessus Plugin ID 100070

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Synopsis

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

Description

Several issues were discovered in libytnef, a library used to decode application/ms-tnef e-mail attachments. Multiple heap overflows, out-of-bound writes and reads, NULL pointer dereferences and infinite loops could be exploited by tricking a user into opening a maliciously crafted winmail.dat file.

Solution

Upgrade the libytnef packages.

For the stable distribution (jessie), these problems have been fixed in version 1.5-6+deb8u1.

For the upcoming stable (stretch) and unstable (sid) distributions, these problems have been fixed in version 1.9.2-1.

See Also

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

https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3846

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 100070

File Name: debian_DSA-3846.nasl

Version: 3.8

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 5/10/2017

Updated: 1/11/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

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

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/9/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-6298, CVE-2017-6299, CVE-2017-6300, CVE-2017-6301, CVE-2017-6302, CVE-2017-6303, CVE-2017-6304, CVE-2017-6305, CVE-2017-6306, CVE-2017-6800, CVE-2017-6801, CVE-2017-6802

DSA: 3846