CVE-2019-18849Out-of-bounds Read in Project Tnef

CWE-125Out-of-bounds Read9 documents6 sources
Severity
5.5MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
1.0%
top 22.68%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Timeline
PublishedNov 11
Latest updateMay 24

Description

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.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages4 packages

debiandebian/tnef< tnef 1.4.18-1 (bookworm)
NVDtnef_project/tnef< 1.4.18
Debiantnef_project/tnef< 1.4.18-1+3
Ubuntutnef_project/tnef< 1.4.9-1+deb8u4build0.16.04.1

Also affects: Debian Linux 8.0, Fedora 30, 31, Ubuntu Linux 16.04

Patches

🔴Vulnerability Details

3
GHSA
GHSA-cq6j-h35c-x8gr: In tnef before 12022-05-24
OSV
tnef vulnerabilities2020-09-21
OSV
CVE-2019-18849: In tnef before 12019-11-11

📋Vendor Advisories

2
Ubuntu
TNEF vulnerabilities2020-09-21
Debian
CVE-2019-18849: tnef - In tnef before 1.4.18, an attacker may be able to write to the victim's .ssh/aut...2019

💬Community

3
Bugzilla
CVE-2019-18849 tnef: security bypass in .ssh/authorized_keys file via an e-mail message2019-11-13
Bugzilla
CVE-2019-18849 tnef: security bypass in .ssh/authorized_keys file via an e-mail message [epel-all]2019-11-13
Bugzilla
CVE-2019-18849 tnef: security bypass in .ssh/authorized_keys file via an e-mail message [fedora-all]2019-11-13
CVE-2019-18849 — Out-of-bounds Read in Project Tnef | cvebase