CVE-2017-6299 — Infinite Loop in Project Ytnef

CWE-835 — Infinite Loop12 documents6 sources
Severity
5.5MEDIUMNVD
OSV7.8
EPSS
0.4%
top 42.36%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
3
Debian LibytnefYtnef Project YtnefDebian Linux
Timeline
PublishedFeb 24
Latest updateMay 13

Description

An issue was discovered in ytnef before 1.9.1. This is related to a patch described as "2 of 9. Infinite Loop / DoS in the TNEFFillMapi function in lib/ytnef.c."

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages2 packages

▶debiandebian/libytnef< libytnef 1.9.1-1 (bookworm)

Also affects: Debian Linux 8.0, 9.0

Patches

Patch: www.openwall.com ↗Patch: github.com ↗Patch: www.x41-dsec.de ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

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GHSA
GHSA-48mr-3phh-9xcg: An issue was discovered in ytnef before 1↗2022-05-13
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OSV
libytnef vulnerabilities↗2020-11-03
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OSV
CVE-2017-6299: An issue was discovered in ytnef before 1↗2017-02-24
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📋Vendor Advisories

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Ubuntu
Yerase's TNEF vulnerabilities↗2020-11-03
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Ubuntu
libytnef vulnerabilities↗2017-05-15
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Debian
CVE-2017-6299: libytnef - An issue was discovered in ytnef before 1.9.1. This is related to a patch descri...↗2017
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💬Community

5
Bugzilla
CVE-2017-6298 CVE-2017-6299 CVE-2017-6300 CVE-2017-6301 CVE-2017-6302 CVE-2017-6303 CVE-2017-6304 CVE-2017-6305 CVE-2017-6306 CVE-2017-6800 CVE-2017-6801 CVE-2017-6802 libytnef: various flaws [epel-al↗2017-02-16
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Bugzilla
CVE-2017-6298 CVE-2017-6299 CVE-2017-6300 CVE-2017-6301 CVE-2017-6302 CVE-2017-6303 CVE-2017-6304 CVE-2017-6305 CVE-2017-6306 CVE-2017-6800 CVE-2017-6801 CVE-2017-6802 ytnef: various flaws [fedora-all↗2017-02-16
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Bugzilla
CVE-2017-6298 CVE-2017-6299 CVE-2017-6300 CVE-2017-6301 CVE-2017-6302 CVE-2017-6303 CVE-2017-6304 CVE-2017-6305 CVE-2017-6306 CVE-2017-6800 CVE-2017-6801 CVE-2017-6802 libytnef: various flaws [fedora-↗2017-02-16
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Bugzilla
CVE-2017-6298 CVE-2017-6299 CVE-2017-6300 CVE-2017-6301 CVE-2017-6302 CVE-2017-6303 CVE-2017-6304 CVE-2017-6305 CVE-2017-6306 CVE-2017-6800 CVE-2017-6801 CVE-2017-6802 ytnef: various flaws [epel-all]↗2017-02-16
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Bugzilla
CVE-2017-6298 CVE-2017-6299 CVE-2017-6300 CVE-2017-6301 CVE-2017-6302 CVE-2017-6303 CVE-2017-6304 CVE-2017-6305 CVE-2017-6306 ytnef: Multiple vulnerabilities fixed in 1.9.1 version↗2017-02-16
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