Debian DSA-3869-1 : tnef - security update

critical Nessus Plugin ID 100560

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Synopsis

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

Description

It was discovered that tnef, a tool used to unpack MIME attachments of type 'application/ms-tnef', did not correctly validate its input. An attacker could exploit this by tricking a user into opening a malicious attachment, which would result in a denial-of-service by application crash.

Solution

Upgrade the tnef packages.

For the stable distribution (jessie), this problem has been fixed in version 1.4.9-1+deb8u3.

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 100560

File Name: debian_DSA-3869.nasl

Version: 3.9

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 6/1/2017

Updated: 1/11/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.5

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/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:tnef, 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: 6/1/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-8911

DSA: 3869

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