GLSA 201708-02: TNEF: Multiple vulnerabilities

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Severity:	normal
Title:	TNEF: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date:	08/17/2017
Bugs:	#611426, #618658
ID:	201708-02

Synopsis

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

Background

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

Affected packages

Package	Vulnerable	Unaffected	Architecture(s)
net-mail/tnef	< 1.4.15	>= 1.4.15	All supported architectures

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

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201708-02.xml

Concerns?

Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at https://bugs.gentoo.org.