From: | Yury German <blueknight@g.o> |
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To: | gentoo-announce@l.g.o |
Subject: | [gentoo-announce] [ GLSA 201708-02 ] TNEF: Multiple vulnerabilities |
Date: | Thu, 17 Aug 2017 03:23:09 |
Message-Id: | 2c970792-83db-2b74-cd65-b92eb41e17cc@gentoo.org |
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2 | Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 201708-02 |
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7 | Severity: Normal |
8 | Title: TNEF: Multiple vulnerabilities |
9 | Date: August 17, 2017 |
10 | Bugs: #611426, #618658 |
11 | ID: 201708-02 |
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15 | Synopsis |
16 | ======== |
17 | |
18 | Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in TNEF, the worst of which |
19 | allows remote attackers to cause a Denial of Service condition. |
20 | |
21 | Background |
22 | ========== |
23 | |
24 | TNEF is a program for unpacking MIME attachments of type |
25 | "application/ms-tnef". |
26 | |
27 | Affected packages |
28 | ================= |
29 | |
30 | ------------------------------------------------------------------- |
31 | Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected |
32 | ------------------------------------------------------------------- |
33 | 1 net-mail/tnef < 1.4.15 >= 1.4.15 |
34 | |
35 | Description |
36 | =========== |
37 | |
38 | Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in TNEF. Please review |
39 | the CVE identifiers referenced below for details. |
40 | |
41 | Impact |
42 | ====== |
43 | |
44 | A remote attacker could entice a user to process a specially crafted |
45 | MIME attachment of type "application/ms-tnef" using TNEF, possibly |
46 | resulting in a Denial of Service condition. |
47 | |
48 | Workaround |
49 | ========== |
50 | |
51 | There is no known workaround at this time. |
52 | |
53 | Resolution |
54 | ========== |
55 | |
56 | All TNEF users should upgrade to the latest version: |
57 | |
58 | # emerge --sync |
59 | # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-mail/tnef-1.4.15" |
60 | |
61 | References |
62 | ========== |
63 | |
64 | [ 1 ] CVE-2017-6307 |
65 | http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2017-6307 |
66 | [ 2 ] CVE-2017-6308 |
67 | http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2017-6308 |
68 | [ 3 ] CVE-2017-6309 |
69 | http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2017-6309 |
70 | [ 4 ] CVE-2017-6310 |
71 | http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2017-6310 |
72 | [ 5 ] CVE-2017-8911 |
73 | http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2017-8911 |
74 | |
75 | Availability |
76 | ============ |
77 | |
78 | This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at |
79 | the Gentoo Security Website: |
80 | |
81 | https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201708-02 |
82 | |
83 | Concerns? |
84 | ========= |
85 | |
86 | Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the |
87 | confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost |
88 | importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to |
89 | security@g.o or alternatively, you may file a bug at |
90 | https://bugs.gentoo.org. |
91 | |
92 | License |
93 | ======= |
94 | |
95 | Copyright 2017 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text |
96 | belongs to its owner(s). |
97 | |
98 | The contents of this document are licensed under the |
99 | Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license. |
100 | |
101 | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5 |
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