1. Ubuntu Security Notices
  2. USN-4765-1

USN-4765-1: The Sleuth Kit vulnerabilities

Publication date

15 March 2021

Overview

Several security issues were fixed in the Sleuth Kit.

Releases

Packages

  • sleuthkit - collection of tools for forensics analysis on volume and file sys

Details

It was discovered that The Sleuth Kit did not properly handle certain
entires in FAT file systems. An attacker could use this vulnerability to
mislead an analyst and obscure their activities. This issue only affected
Ubuntu 14.04 ESM. (CVE-2012-5619)

It was discovered that The Sleuth Kit mishandled certain crafted ISO 9660
images. If an analyst were tricked into opening a malicious image, an
attacker could cause a denial of service (crash). (CVE-2017-13755)

It was discovered that The Sleuth Kit did not properly handle certain
entires in FAT file systems. An attacker could use this vulnerability to
mislead an analyst and obscure their activities. This issue only affected
Ubuntu 14.04 ESM. (CVE-2012-5619)

It was discovered that The Sleuth Kit mishandled certain crafted ISO 9660
images. If an analyst were tricked into opening a malicious image, an
attacker could cause a denial of service (crash). (CVE-2017-13755)

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 libtsk13 –  4.2.0-3ubuntu0.1~esm1  
sleuthkit –  4.2.0-3ubuntu0.1~esm1  
14.04 trusty libtsk3-3 –  3.2.3-2.2ubuntu0.1~esm1  
sleuthkit –  3.2.3-2.2ubuntu0.1~esm1  

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