Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop') Affecting sleuthkit package, versions <4.4.2-3


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Debian security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.06% (29th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN12-SLEUTHKIT-1559768
  • published29 Aug 2017
  • disclosed29 Aug 2017

Introduced: 29 Aug 2017

CVE-2017-13756  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-835  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:12 sleuthkit to version 4.4.2-3 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream sleuthkit package and not the sleuthkit package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:12 relevant fixed versions and status.

In The Sleuth Kit (TSK) 4.4.2, opening a crafted disk image triggers infinite recursion in dos_load_ext_table() in tsk/vs/dos.c in libtskvs.a, as demonstrated by mmls.

CVSS Scores

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