PT-2017-17334 · Ytnef+2 · Ytnef+2

Hannob · Published 2017-03-08 · Updated 2020-11-03 · CVE-2017-6802

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.5

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions ytnef versions prior to 1.9.2

Description A potential heap-based buffer over-read issue has been discovered in the handling of incoming Compressed RTF Streams. This issue is related to the DecompressRTF() function in libytnef.

Recommendations For versions prior to 1.9.2, update to version 1.9.2 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting the handling of Compressed RTF Streams until the update is applied.

Fix

Out of bounds Read

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-125

Related Identifiers

ALT-PU-2017-1258

CVE-2017-6802

DLA-878-1

DSA-3846-1

MGASA-2017-0174

USN-3288-1

USN-4615-1

Affected Products

Alt Linux

Ubuntu

Ytnef

References · 33

• https://github.com/Yeraze/ytnef/commit/22f8346c8d4f0020a40d9f258fdb3bfc097359cc · Patch
• https://github.com/Yeraze/ytnef/issues/34 · 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://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-6802 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2017-6802 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-6800 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-6802 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-6802 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/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