PT-2017-16985 · Ytnef+2 · Ytnef+2

Published 2017-02-23 · Updated 2020-11-03 · CVE-2017-6306

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 in ytnef, related to a patch that addresses directory traversal using the filename. The SanitizeFilename function in settings.c is involved.

Recommendations For versions prior to 1.9.1, update to version 1.9.1 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the SanitizeFilename function in settings.c until a patch is applied.

Fix

Path traversal

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-22

Related Identifiers

ALT-PU-2017-1212

ALT-PU-2017-1258

CVE-2017-6306

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://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://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-6306 · Security Note
• 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