USN-4615-1

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    USN-4615-1

    Published: 3 Nov 2020Last Modified: 22 Apr 2026

    Summary: libytnef vulnerabilities

    Details: It was discovered that Yerase's TNEF had null pointer dereferences, infinite loop, buffer overflow, out of bounds reads, directory traversal issues and other vulnerabilities. An attacker could use those issues to cause a crash and consequently a denial of service. (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)

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4615-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-6298, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-6299, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-6300, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-6301, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-6302, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-6303, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-6304, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-6305, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-6306, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-6800, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-6801, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-6802

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: libytnef

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]?arch=source&distro=xenial

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -1.5-9ubuntu0.1

    Affected versions

    1.5-6

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High