UBUNTU-CVE-2017-6298

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-6298
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2017/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-6298.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-6298
Related
Published
2017-02-23T00:00:00Z
Modified
2025-01-13T10:21:21Z
Severity
  • 7.8 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

An issue was discovered in ytnef before 1.9.1. This is related to a patch described as "1 of 9. Null Pointer Deref / calloc return value not checked."

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:14.04:LTS / libytnef

Package

Name
libytnef
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/libytnef@1.5-6ubuntu0.1?arch=source&distro=trusty

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.5-6ubuntu0.1

Affected versions

1.*

1.5-5
1.5-6

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "availability": "No subscription required",
    "ubuntu_priority": "low",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "libytnef0",
            "binary_version": "1.5-6ubuntu0.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libytnef0-dbgsym",
            "binary_version": "1.5-6ubuntu0.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libytnef0-dev",
            "binary_version": "1.5-6ubuntu0.1"
        }
    ]
}

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS / libytnef

Package

Name
libytnef
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/libytnef@1.5-9ubuntu0.1?arch=source&distro=xenial

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.5-9ubuntu0.1

Affected versions

1.*

1.5-6
1.5-9

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "availability": "No subscription required",
    "ubuntu_priority": "low",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "libytnef0",
            "binary_version": "1.5-9ubuntu0.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libytnef0-dbgsym",
            "binary_version": "1.5-9ubuntu0.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libytnef0-dev",
            "binary_version": "1.5-9ubuntu0.1"
        }
    ]
}