PT-2007-5391 · Sleuth Kit · The Sleuth Kit

Published 2007-08-08 · Updated 2018-10-15 · CVE-2007-4196

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

4.3

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions The Sleuth Kit (TSK) versions prior to 2.09

Description The issue misinterprets a certain memory location as the holder of a loop iteration count. This allows user-assisted remote attackers to cause a denial of service, resulting in a long loop, and prevent examination of certain NTFS files via a malformed NTFS image.

Recommendations For versions prior to 2.09, update to version 2.09 or later to resolve the issue.

Fix

Related Identifiers

CVE-2007-4196

Affected Products

The Sleuth Kit

References · 9

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2007-4196 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2007-4196 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2007-4196 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2007-4196 · Vendor Advisory
• http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/message.php?msg_name=A19F11EF-13CA-4940-AFF3-9BE08F67EE22%40sleuthkit.org · Note
• http://isecpartners.com/files/iSEC-Breaking_Forensics_Software-Paper.v1_1.BH2007.pdf · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/archive/1/474809/100/0/threaded · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/archive/1/475335/100/0/threaded · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/25181 · Note