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▸ GLSA 201708-02 TNEF: Multiple vulnerabilities this version unaffected normal remote 2017-08-17

Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in TNEF, the worst of which allows remote attackers to cause a Denial of Service condition.

Announced
2017-08-17
Revised
2017-08-17
Access
remote
Bugs
#611426 #618658
Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201708-02

Affected packages

PackageArchVulnerableUnaffected
net-mail/tnef*< 1.4.15>= 1.4.15

Background

TNEF is a program for unpacking MIME attachments of type “application/ms-tnef”.

Description

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in TNEF. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.

Impact

A remote attacker could entice a user to process a specially crafted MIME attachment of type “application/ms-tnef” using TNEF, possibly resulting in a Denial of Service condition.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All TNEF users should upgrade to the latest version:

# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-mail/tnef-1.4.15"

References