CVE-2018-19497
published 2018-11-29CVE-2018-19497: In The Sleuth Kit (TSK) through 4.6.4, hfs_cat_traverse in tsk/fs/hfs.c does not properly determine when a key length is too large, which allows attackers to…
PriorityP427medium6.5CVSS 3.1
AVNACLPRNUIRSUCNINAH
EPSS
1.52%
71.7th percentile
In The Sleuth Kit (TSK) through 4.6.4, hfs_cat_traverse in tsk/fs/hfs.c does not properly determine when a key length is too large, which allows attackers to cause a denial of service (SEGV on unknown address with READ memory access in a tsk_getu16 call in hfs_dir_open_meta_cb in tsk/fs/hfs_dent.c).
Affected
10 ranges
| Vendor | Product | Version range | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| debian | debian_linux | — | — |
| debian | debian_linux | — | — |
| debian | sleuthkit | < sleuthkit 4.6.5-1 (bookworm) | sleuthkit 4.6.5-1 (bookworm) |
| fedoraproject | fedora | — | — |
| fedoraproject | fedora | — | — |
| sleuthkit | sleuthkit | >= 0 < 4.6.5-1 | 4.6.5-1 |
| sleuthkit | sleuthkit | >= 0 < 4.6.5-1 | 4.6.5-1 |
| sleuthkit | sleuthkit | >= 0 < 4.6.5-1 | 4.6.5-1 |
| sleuthkit | sleuthkit | >= 0 < 4.6.5-1 | 4.6.5-1 |
| sleuthkit | the_sleuth_kit | <= 4.6.4 | — |
CVSS provenance
nvdv3.16.5MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
nvdv2.04.3MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
osv6.5MEDIUM
vendor_debian6.5LOW
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GHSA
GHSA-98j9-86q7-c5r2: In The Sleuth Kit (TSK) through 4
ghsa_unreviewed·2022-05-14
CVE-2018-19497 [MEDIUM] CWE-125 GHSA-98j9-86q7-c5r2: In The Sleuth Kit (TSK) through 4
In The Sleuth Kit (TSK) through 4.6.4, hfs_cat_traverse in tsk/fs/hfs.c does not properly determine when a key length is too large, which allows attackers to cause a denial of service (SEGV on unknown address with READ memory access in a tsk_getu16 call in hfs_dir_open_meta_cb in tsk/fs/hfs_dent.c).
OSV
CVE-2018-19497: In The Sleuth Kit (TSK) through 4
osv·2018-11-29·CVSS 6.5
CVE-2018-19497 [MEDIUM] CVE-2018-19497: In The Sleuth Kit (TSK) through 4
In The Sleuth Kit (TSK) through 4.6.4, hfs_cat_traverse in tsk/fs/hfs.c does not properly determine when a key length is too large, which allows attackers to cause a denial of service (SEGV on unknown address with READ memory access in a tsk_getu16 call in hfs_dir_open_meta_cb in tsk/fs/hfs_dent.c).
Debian
CVE-2018-19497: sleuthkit - In The Sleuth Kit (TSK) through 4.6.4, hfs_cat_traverse in tsk/fs/hfs.c does not...
vendor_debian·2018·CVSS 6.5
CVE-2018-19497 [MEDIUM] CVE-2018-19497: sleuthkit - In The Sleuth Kit (TSK) through 4.6.4, hfs_cat_traverse in tsk/fs/hfs.c does not...
In The Sleuth Kit (TSK) through 4.6.4, hfs_cat_traverse in tsk/fs/hfs.c does not properly determine when a key length is too large, which allows attackers to cause a denial of service (SEGV on unknown address with READ memory access in a tsk_getu16 call in hfs_dir_open_meta_cb in tsk/fs/hfs_dent.c).
Scope: local
bookworm: resolved (fixed in 4.6.5-1)
bullseye: resolved (fixed in 4.6.5-1)
forky: resolved (fixed in 4.6.5-1)
sid: resolved (fixed in 4.6.5-1)
trixie: resolved (fixed in 4.6.5-1)
No detection rules found.
No public exploits indexed.
Bugzilla
CVE-2018-19497 sleuthkit: Out-of-bounds memory read in hfs_cat_traverse in tsk/fs/hfs.c [epel-7]
bugzilla·2018-12-04·CVSS 6.5
CVE-2018-19497 [MEDIUM] CVE-2018-19497 sleuthkit: Out-of-bounds memory read in hfs_cat_traverse in tsk/fs/hfs.c [epel-7]
CVE-2018-19497 sleuthkit: Out-of-bounds memory read in hfs_cat_traverse in tsk/fs/hfs.c [epel-7]
This is an automatically created tracking bug! It was created to ensure
that one or more security vulnerabilities are fixed in affected versions
of epel-7.
For comments that are specific to the vulnerability please use bugs filed
against the "Security Response" product referenced in the "Blocks" field.
For more information see:
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Security/TrackingBugs
When submitting as an update, use the fedpkg template provided in the next
comment(s). This will include the bug IDs of this tracking bug as well as
the relevant top-level CVE bugs.
Please also mention the CVE IDs being fixed in the RPM changelog and the
fedpkg commit message.
Discussion:
Use the following templa
Bugzilla
CVE-2018-19497 sleuthkit: Out-of-bounds memory read in hfs_cat_traverse in tsk/fs/hfs.c
bugzilla·2018-12-04·CVSS 6.5
CVE-2018-19497 [MEDIUM] CVE-2018-19497 sleuthkit: Out-of-bounds memory read in hfs_cat_traverse in tsk/fs/hfs.c
CVE-2018-19497 sleuthkit: Out-of-bounds memory read in hfs_cat_traverse in tsk/fs/hfs.c
An issue was found in The Sleuth Kit (TSK) through 4.6.4. The hfs_cat_traverse function in tsk/fs/hfs.c does not properly determine when a key length is too large, which allows attackers to cause a denial of service (SEGV on unknown address with READ memory access in a tsk_getu16 call in hfs_dir_open_meta_cb in tsk/fs/hfs_dent.c).
References:
https://github.com/sleuthkit/sleuthkit/pull/1374
Upstream Patch:
https://github.com/sleuthkit/sleuthkit/commit/bc04aa017c0bd297de8a3b7fc40ffc6ddddbb95d
Discussion:
Created sleuthkit tracking bugs for this issue:
Affects: epel-7 [bug 1656199]
Affects: fedora-all [bug 1656198]
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This CVE Bugzilla entry is for community support informational purposes only a
Bugzilla
CVE-2018-19497 sleuthkit: Out-of-bounds memory read in hfs_cat_traverse in tsk/fs/hfs.c [fedora-all]
bugzilla·2018-12-04·CVSS 6.5
CVE-2018-19497 [MEDIUM] CVE-2018-19497 sleuthkit: Out-of-bounds memory read in hfs_cat_traverse in tsk/fs/hfs.c [fedora-all]
CVE-2018-19497 sleuthkit: Out-of-bounds memory read in hfs_cat_traverse in tsk/fs/hfs.c [fedora-all]
This is an automatically created tracking bug! It was created to ensure
that one or more security vulnerabilities are fixed in affected versions
of fedora-all.
For comments that are specific to the vulnerability please use bugs filed
against the "Security Response" product referenced in the "Blocks" field.
For more information see:
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Security/TrackingBugs
When submitting as an update, use the fedpkg template provided in the next
comment(s). This will include the bug IDs of this tracking bug as well as
the relevant top-level CVE bugs.
Please also mention the CVE IDs being fixed in the RPM changelog and the
fedpkg commit message.
NOTE: this issue affects mult
https://github.com/sleuthkit/sleuthkit/commit/bc04aa017c0bd297de8a3b7fc40ffc6ddddbb95dhttps://github.com/sleuthkit/sleuthkit/pull/1374https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/12/msg00008.htmlhttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/06/msg00015.htmlhttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/LZXFYOOMSP7NWRTSO4XXGHXAY3CJNAJ6/https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/NLSVLDQLPGKRHHBPYUXVJJPAID6CYBXD/https://github.com/sleuthkit/sleuthkit/commit/bc04aa017c0bd297de8a3b7fc40ffc6ddddbb95dhttps://github.com/sleuthkit/sleuthkit/pull/1374https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/12/msg00008.htmlhttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/06/msg00015.htmlhttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/LZXFYOOMSP7NWRTSO4XXGHXAY3CJNAJ6/https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/NLSVLDQLPGKRHHBPYUXVJJPAID6CYBXD/
2018-11-29
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