PT-2017-13078 · Tsk+1 · The Sleuth Kit+1

Published 2017-08-29 · Updated 2022-11-29 · CVE-2017-13756

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

5.5

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions The Sleuth Kit (TSK) version 4.4.2

Description The issue is triggered by opening a crafted disk image, leading to infinite recursion in the dos load ext table() function in tsk/vs/dos.c in libtskvs.a, as demonstrated by mmls.

Recommendations For The Sleuth Kit (TSK) version 4.4.2, consider avoiding the use of crafted disk images until a patch is available. As a temporary workaround, restrict the use of the dos load ext table() function in tsk/vs/dos.c to minimize the risk of exploitation. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

DoS

Infinite Loop

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-835

Related Identifiers

ALT-PU-2018-1282

CVE-2017-13756

DLA-3054-1

MGASA-2018-0368

Affected Products

Alt Linux

The Sleuth Kit

References · 28

• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-1010065 · Security Note
• https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2018-0368.html · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-13760 · Security Note
• https://errata.altlinux.org/ALT-PU-2018-1282 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/DLA-3054-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2017-13756 · Vendor Advisory
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[e-mail]/thread/VEGCW34ZQ2RZ3OUDKF3BGXNLDPAIX6YM · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-13756 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-13756 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-13756 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-13756 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MGASA-2018-0368 · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-19497 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DLA-3054-1 · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-10232 · Security Note