USN-3288-1: libytnef vulnerabilities

Releases

• Ubuntu 14.04 ESM

Packages

• libytnef - improved decoder for application/ms-tnef attachments

Details

It was discovered that libytnef incorrectly handled malformed TNEF streams.
If a user were tricked into opening a specially crafted TNEF attachment, an
attacker could cause a denial of service or possibly execute arbitrary
code.

Update instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu 14.04

• libytnef0 - 1.5-6ubuntu0.1

After a standard system update you need to restart applications using
libytnef, such as Evolution, to make all the necessary changes.

References

• 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

Related notices

• USN-4615-1: libytnef0-dev, libytnef0, libytnef