- ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Debian Security Advisory DSA-3869-1 [email protected] https://www.debian.org/security/ Sebastien Delafond June 01, 2017 https://www.debian.org/security/faq - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Package : tnef CVE ID : CVE-2017-8911 Debian Bug : 862442 It was discovered that tnef, a tool used to unpack MIME attachments of type "application/ms-tnef", did not correctly validate its input. An attacker could exploit this by tricking a user into opening a malicious attachment, which would result in a denial-of-service by application crash. For the stable distribution (jessie), this problem has been fixed in version 1.4.9-1+deb8u3. For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in version 1.4.12-1.2. We recommend that you upgrade your tnef packages. Further information about Debian Security Advisories, how to apply these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be found at: https://www.debian.org/security/ Mailing list: [email protected]
Debian: DSA-3869-1: tnef security update
June 1, 2017
It was discovered that tnef, a tool used to unpack MIME attachments of type "application/ms-tnef", did not correctly validate its input
Summary
It was discovered that tnef, a tool used to unpack MIME attachments of type "application/ms-tnef", did not correctly validate its input. An attacker could exploit this by tricking a user into opening a malicious attachment, which would result in a denial-of-service by application crash. For the stable distribution (jessie), this problem has been fixed in version 1.4.9-1+deb8u3. For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in version 1.4.12-1.2. We recommend that you upgrade your tnef packages. Further information about Debian Security Advisories, how to apply these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be found at: https://www.debian.org/security/ Mailing list: [email protected]
Debian Security Advisory DSA-3869-1 [email protected] https://www.debian.org/security/ Sebastien Delafond June 01, 2017 https://www.debian.org/security/faq
Severity
Package : tnef
CVE ID : CVE-2017-8911
Debian Bug : 862442