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CVE-2017-6299

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 t

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.".

MEDIUM · CVSS 5.5 EPSS 0.00352
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Weakness Classification

CWE-835Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop')
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Affected Products & Versions

2
ytnef project ytnef<= 1.9
debian linuxall versions
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Scoring & Timeline

5.5
MEDIUM · CVSS v3.0 · cve@mitre.org
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Attack Vector
Network Adjacent Local Physical
Attack Complexity
Low High
Privileges Required
None Low High
User Interaction
None Required
Scope
Unchanged Changed
Confidentiality
None Low High
Integrity
None Low High
Availability
None Low High
Published to NVD24 Feb 2017 · 04:59 AM
CVSS VectorCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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Vendor Advisories

2
usnUSN-4615-1
usnUSN-3288-1
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References & Sources

6
Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.
http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3846Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/02/15/4Mailing ListPatchThird Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96423Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
https://github.com/Yeraze/ytnef/pull/27Issue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/LFJWMUEUC4ILH2HEOCYVVLQT654ZMCGQ/
https://www.x41-dsec.de/lab/advisories/x41-2017-002-ytnef/PatchThird Party Advisory
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