Vulnerability CVE-2017-6309
Published: 2017-02-23   Modified: 2017-02-24

Description:
An issue was discovered in tnef before 1.4.13. Two type confusions have been identified in the parse_file() function. These might lead to invalid read and write operations, controlled by an attacker.

Type:

CWE-787

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

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
6.8/10
6.4/10
8.6/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Medium
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Partial
Partial
Partial
Affected software
Tnef project -> TNEF 
Debian -> Debian linux 

 References:
http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3798
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96427
https://github.com/verdammelt/tnef/blob/master/ChangeLog
https://github.com/verdammelt/tnef/commit/8dccf79857ceeb7a6d3e42c1e762e7b865d5344d
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201708-02
https://www.x41-dsec.de/lab/advisories/x41-2017-004-tnef/
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