Upstream information

CVE-2017-8911 at MITRE

Description

An integer underflow has been identified in the unicode_to_utf8() function in tnef 1.4.14. This might lead to invalid write operations, controlled by an attacker.

SUSE information

Overall state of this security issue: Does not affect SUSE products

This issue is currently rated as having important severity.

CVSS v2 Scores
  National Vulnerability Database
Base Score 7.5
Vector AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Partial
Integrity Impact Partial
Availability Impact Partial
CVSS v3 Scores
  National Vulnerability Database
Base Score 9.8
Vector CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack Vector Network
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required None
User Interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality Impact High
Integrity Impact High
Availability Impact High
CVSSv3 Version 3
SUSE Bugzilla entry: 1038837 [RESOLVED / FIXED]

SUSE Security Advisories:

    openSUSE-SU-2017:3095-1

List of released packages

Product(s) Fixed package version(s) References
openSUSE Tumbleweed
  • tnef >= 1.4.18-1.6
 Patchnames:
openSUSE-Tumbleweed-2024-11467

SUSE Timeline for this CVE

CVE page created: Fri May 12 13:26:00 2017
CVE page last modified: Tue Sep 3 18:49:05 2024