CVE-2017-17440
Published: 06 December 2017
GNU Libextractor 1.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via a crafted GIF, IT (Impulse Tracker), NSFE, S3M (Scream Tracker 3), SID, or XM (eXtended Module) file, as demonstrated by the EXTRACTOR_xm_extract_method function in plugins/xm_extractor.c.
From the Ubuntu security team
It was discovered tha Libextractor incorrectly handled certain files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service.
Priority
Medium
CVSS 3 base score: 6.5
Status
| Package | Release | Status |
|---|---|---|
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libextractor Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
Upstream |
Released
(1:1.3-2+deb8u1, 1:1.3-4+deb9u1, 1:1.6-2)
|
| Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo) |
Not vulnerable
(1:1.6-2)
|
|
| Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla) |
Not vulnerable
(1:1.6-2)
|
|
| Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa) |
Not vulnerable
(1:1.6-2)
|
|
| Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver) |
Not vulnerable
(1:1.6-2)
|
|
| Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus) |
Released
(1:1.3-4+deb9u3build0.16.04.1)
|
|
| Ubuntu 14.04 ESM (Trusty Tahr) |
Does not exist
(trusty was needed)
|
|
|
Patches: Other: https://gnunet.org/git/libextractor.git/commit/?id=7cc63b001ceaf81143795321379c835486d0c92e |
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References
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-17440
- https://bugs.debian.org/883528#35
- https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-libextractor/2017-11/msg00000.html
- https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-libextractor/2017-11/msg00001.html
- https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-libextractor/2017-11/msg00002.html
- https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-libextractor/2017-11/msg00004.html
- https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-libextractor/2017-11/msg00005.html
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-4641-1
- NVD
- Launchpad
- Debian