PT-2017-16977 · Ytnef+2 · Ytnef+2

Published 2017-02-23 · Updated 2020-11-03 · CVE-2017-6298

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.8

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions ytnef versions prior to 1.9.1

Description An issue was discovered related to a patch described as "1 of 9. Null Pointer Deref / calloc return value not checked." This issue is associated with a null pointer dereference and the failure to check the return value of the calloc function.

Recommendations For versions prior to 1.9.1, update to version 1.9.1 or later to resolve the issue.

Fix

NULL Pointer Dereference

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-476

Related Identifiers

ALT-PU-2017-1212

ALT-PU-2017-1258

CVE-2017-6298

DLA-878-1

DSA-3846-1

MGASA-2017-0174

USN-3288-1

USN-4615-1

Affected Products

Alt Linux

Ubuntu

Ytnef

References · 34

• https://github.com/Yeraze/ytnef/pull/27 · Patch
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-6305 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-6302 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MGASA-2017-0174 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-6800 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-6802 · Vendor Advisory
• http://debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3846 · Vendor Advisory
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/LFJWMUEUC4ILH2HEOCYVVLQT654ZMCGQ · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-6298 · Security Note
• https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3288-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DSA-3846-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3846 · Vendor Advisory
• https://x41-dsec.de/lab/advisories/x41-2017-002-ytnef · Patch
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/USN-3288-1 · Vendor Advisory
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/02/15/4 · Patch