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title: "CVE-2007-4199\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2007-4199

Publication date 8 August 2007

Last updated 24 July 2024

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Ubuntu priority

**Negligible**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

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## Description

Brian Carrier The Sleuth Kit (TSK) before 2.09 allows user-assisted remote
attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) and prevent
examination of certain NTFS files via a malformed NTFS image that triggers
(1) dereference of a certain integer value by ntfs\_dent.c in fls, or (2)
dereference of a certain other integer value by ntfs.c in fsstat.

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| sleuthkit | 9.10 karmic | Fixed 2.09-1 |
| 9.04 jaunty | Fixed 2.09-1 |
| 8.10 intrepid | Fixed 2.09-1 |
| 8.04 LTS hardy | Fixed 2.09-1 |
| 7.10 gutsy | Ignored end of life, was needed |
| 7.04 feisty | Ignored end of life, was needed |
| 6.10 edgy | Ignored end of life, was needed |
| 6.06 LTS dapper | Ignored end of life |

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* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-4199)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2007-4199)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2007-4199)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2007-4199)

### Other references

* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2007-4199>
