Out-of-bounds Read Affecting tnef package, versions <1.4.18-1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.1% (44th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIANUNSTABLE-TNEF-483022
  • published11 Nov 2019
  • disclosed11 Nov 2019

Introduced: 11 Nov 2019

CVE-2019-18849  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-125  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:unstable tnef to version 1.4.18-1 or higher.

NVD Description

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

In tnef before 1.4.18, an attacker may be able to write to the victim's .ssh/authorized_keys file via an e-mail message with a crafted winmail.dat application/ms-tnef attachment, because of a heap-based buffer over-read involving strdup.

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