Debian Security Advisory DSA 3798-1 "tnef" security update. Vulnerabilities in MIME attachment unpacking tool
Reporter | Title | Published | Views | Family All 59 |
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![]() | tnef -- Invalid read and write operations, controlled by an attacker | 24 Feb 201700:00 | – | freebsd |
![]() | Updated tnef packages fix security vulnerability | 25 Mar 201719:56 | – | mageia |
![]() | Debian: Security Advisory (DSA-3798-1) | 28 Feb 201700:00 | – | openvas |
![]() | Mageia: Security Advisory (MGASA-2017-0083) | 28 Jan 202200:00 | – | openvas |
![]() | Fedora Update for tnef FEDORA-2017-7de130a80d | 9 May 201700:00 | – | openvas |
![]() | Fedora Update for tnef FEDORA-2017-cc029be02d | 9 May 201700:00 | – | openvas |
![]() | Debian: Security Advisory (DLA-839-1) | 12 Jan 201800:00 | – | openvas |
![]() | Fedora Update for tnef FEDORA-2017-c2882ae75b | 27 Oct 201700:00 | – | openvas |
![]() | Fedora Update for tnef FEDORA-2017-2b28a055f2 | 27 Oct 201700:00 | – | openvas |
![]() | [SECURITY] [DLA 839-2] tnef regression update | 24 Mar 201721:44 | – | debian |
Source | Link |
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debian | www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3798.html |
# OpenVAS Vulnerability Test
# $Id: deb_3798.nasl 6607 2017-07-07 12:04:25Z cfischer $
# Auto-generated from advisory DSA 3798-1 using nvtgen 1.0
# Script version: 1.0
#
# Author:
# Greenbone Networks
#
# Copyright:
# Copyright (c) 2017 Greenbone Networks GmbH http://greenbone.net
# Text descriptions are largely excerpted from the referenced
# advisory, and are Copyright (c) the respective author(s)
#
# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
# modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
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#
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#
if(description)
{
script_id(703798);
script_version("$Revision: 6607 $");
script_cve_id("CVE-2017-6307", "CVE-2017-6308", "CVE-2017-6309", "CVE-2017-6310");
script_name("Debian Security Advisory DSA 3798-1 (tnef - security update)");
script_tag(name: "last_modification", value: "$Date: 2017-07-07 14:04:25 +0200 (Fri, 07 Jul 2017) $");
script_tag(name: "creation_date", value: "2017-03-01 00:00:00 +0100 (Wed, 01 Mar 2017)");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"6.8");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P");
script_tag(name: "solution_type", value: "VendorFix");
script_tag(name: "qod_type", value: "package");
script_xref(name: "URL", value: "http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3798.html");
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright("Copyright (c) 2017 Greenbone Networks GmbH http://greenbone.net");
script_family("Debian Local Security Checks");
script_dependencies("gather-package-list.nasl");
script_mandatory_keys("ssh/login/debian_linux", "ssh/login/packages");
script_tag(name: "affected", value: "tnef on Debian Linux");
script_tag(name: "insight", value: "TNEF is a program for unpacking MIME attachments of type
'application/ms-tnef'. This is typcially a Microsoft only attachment.");
script_tag(name: "solution", value: "For the stable distribution (jessie), these problems have been fixed in
version 1.4.9-1+deb8u1.
We recommend that you upgrade your tnef packages.");
script_tag(name: "summary", value: "Eric Sesterhenn, from X41 D-Sec GmbH, discovered several
vulnerabilities in tnef, a tool used to unpack MIME attachments of
type application/ms-tnef
. Multiple heap overflows, type confusions
and out of bound reads and writes could be exploited by tricking a
user into opening a malicious attachment. This would result in denial
of service via application crash, or potential arbitrary code
execution.");
script_tag(name: "vuldetect", value: "This check tests the installed software version using the apt package manager.");
exit(0);
}
include("revisions-lib.inc");
include("pkg-lib-deb.inc");
res = "";
report = "";
if ((res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"tnef", ver:"1.4.9-1+deb8u1", rls_regex:"DEB8.[0-9]+")) != NULL) {
report += res;
}
if (report != "") {
security_message(data:report);
} else if (__pkg_match) {
exit(99); # Not vulnerable.
}
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