Vulnerability CVE-2017-6299
Published: 2017-02-23   Modified: 2017-02-24

Description:
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."

Type:

CWE-835

 (Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop'))

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
4.3/10
2.9/10
8.6/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Medium
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
None
None
Partial
Affected software
Ytnef project -> Ytnef 
Debian -> Debian linux 

 References:
http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3846
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/02/15/4
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96423
https://github.com/Yeraze/ytnef/pull/27
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/LFJWMUEUC4ILH2HEOCYVVLQT654ZMCGQ/
https://www.x41-dsec.de/lab/advisories/x41-2017-002-ytnef/
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