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Posted on 01 June 2017
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Debian Security Advisory DSA-3869-1 security@debian.org
https://www.debian.org/security/ Sebastien Delafond
June 01, 2017 https://www.debian.org/security/faq
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Package : tnef
CVE ID : CVE-2017-8911
Debian Bug : 862442
It was discovered that tnef, a tool used to unpack MIME attachments of
type "application/ms-tnef", did not correctly validate its input. An
attacker could exploit this by tricking a user into opening a
malicious attachment, which would result in a denial-of-service by
application crash.
For the stable distribution (jessie), this problem has been fixed in
version 1.4.9-1+deb8u3.
For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in
version 1.4.12-1.2.
We recommend that you upgrade your tnef packages.
Further information about Debian Security Advisories, how to apply
these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be
found at: https://www.debian.org/security/
Mailing list: debian-security-announce@lists.debian.org
