USN-4524-1: TNEF vulnerabilities
Publication date
21 September 2020
Overview
TNEF could be made to crash or write arbitrary files to the filesystem.
Releases
Packages
- tnef - Tool to unpack MIME application/ms-tnef attachments
Details
Paul Dreik discovered that TNEF incorrectly handled filenames. If a user
were tricked into opening a specially crafted email attachment, an
attacker could possibly use this issue to write arbitrary files to the
filesystem or cause TNEF crash, resulting in a denial of service.
(CVE-2019-18849)
Paul Dreik discovered that TNEF incorrectly handled filenames. If a user
were tricked into opening a specially crafted email attachment, an
attacker could possibly use this issue to write arbitrary files to the
filesystem or cause TNEF crash, resulting in a denial of service.
(CVE-2019-18849)
Update instructions
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.
Learn more about how to get the fixes.The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
Ubuntu Release | Package Version | ||
---|---|---|---|
16.04 xenial | tnef – 1.4.9-1+deb8u4build0.16.04.1 |
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