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Debian Security Advisory DSA 3846-1 (libytnef - security update)
Information
Severity
Severity
Family
Family
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
Solution Type
Solution Type
Created
Created
Modified
Modified
Summary
Several issues were discovered in libytnef, a library used to decode application/ms-tnef e-mail attachments. Multiple heap overflows, out-of-bound writes and reads, NULL pointer dereferences and infinite loops could be exploited by tricking a user into opening a maliciously crafted winmail.dat file.
Affected Software
Affected Software
libytnef on Debian Linux
Detection Method
Detection Method
This check tests the installed software version using the apt package manager.
Solution
Solution
For the stable distribution (jessie), these problems have been fixed in version 1.5-6+deb8u1. For the upcoming stable (stretch) and unstable (sid) distributions, these problems have been fixed in version 1.9.2-1. We recommend that you upgrade your libytnef packages.