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Debian DLA-2748-1 : tnef - LTS security update
medium Nessus Plugin ID 152773
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Synopsis
The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.Description
The remote Debian 9 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the dla-2748 advisory.- In tnef before 1.4.18, an attacker may be able to write to the victim's .ssh/authorized_keys file via an e-mail message with a crafted winmail.dat application/ms-tnef attachment, because of a heap-based buffer over-read involving strdup. (CVE-2019-18849)
Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.
Solution
Upgrade the tnef packages.For Debian 9 stretch, this problem has been fixed in version 1.4.12-1.2+deb9u1.
See Also
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/source-package/tnef
https://www.debian.org/lts/security/2021/dla-2748
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 152773
File Name: debian_DLA-2748.nasl
Version: 1.3
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Debian Local Security Checks
Published: 8/24/2021
Updated: 12/4/2023
Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 4.4
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 4.3
Temporal Score: 3.4
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-18849
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 5.5
Temporal Score: 5
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:tnef, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:9.0
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l
Exploit Available: true
Exploit Ease: Exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 8/23/2021
Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/11/2019
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2019-18849