PT-2017-10904 · Htslib+1 · Samtools+2

Published 2017-11-17 · Updated 2021-03-15 · CVE-2017-1000206

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

9.8

Critical

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions samtools htslib library versions 1.4.0 and earlier

Description The issue is related to a buffer overflow in the CRAM rANS codec, which could result in potential arbitrary code execution.

Recommendations For versions 1.4.0 and earlier, update to a version later than 1.4.0 to resolve the issue.

Fix

Buffer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-119

Related Identifiers

CVE-2017-1000206

USN-4802-1

Affected Products

Ubuntu

Htslib

Samtools

References · 12

• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-1000206 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-1000206 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-1000206 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-1000206 · Security Note
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-1000206 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-13845 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/USN-4802-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-1000206 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2017-1000206 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4802-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://github.com/samtools/htslib/blob/1.4.1/NEWS · Note
• https://github.com/samtools/htslib/pull/514 · Note