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GLSA-201708-02 : TNEF: Multiple vulnerabilities

critical Nessus Plugin ID 102532

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Synopsis

The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.

Description

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-201708-02 (TNEF: Multiple vulnerabilities)

 Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in TNEF. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.
 Impact :

 A remote attacker could entice a user to process a specially crafted MIME attachment of type “application/ms-tnef” using TNEF, possibly resulting in a Denial of Service condition.
 Workaround :

 There is no known workaround at this time.

Solution

All TNEF users should upgrade to the latest version:
 # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=net-mail/tnef-1.4.15'

See Also

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201708-02

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 102532

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-201708-02.nasl

Version: 3.3

Type: local

Published: 8/17/2017

Updated: 1/11/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:tnef, cpe:/o:gentoo:linux

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Gentoo/release, Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list

Patch Publication Date: 8/17/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-6307, CVE-2017-6308, CVE-2017-6309, CVE-2017-6310, CVE-2017-8911

GLSA: 201708-02