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CVE-2019-18849

Published: 11 November 2019

In tnef before 1.4.18, an attacker may be able to write to the victim's .ssh/authorized_keys file via an e-mail message with a crafted winmail.dat application/ms-tnef attachment, because of a heap-based buffer over-read involving strdup.

Priority

Medium

Cvss 3 Severity Score

5.5

Score breakdown

Status

Package Release Status
tnef
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic Needed

disco Ignored
(end of life)
eoan Ignored
(end of life)
focal Not vulnerable
(1.4.18-1)
groovy Not vulnerable
(1.4.18-1)
hirsute Not vulnerable
(1.4.18-1)
impish Not vulnerable
(1.4.18-1)
jammy Not vulnerable
(1.4.18-1)
kinetic Not vulnerable
(1.4.18-1)
lunar Not vulnerable
(1.4.18-1)
mantic Not vulnerable
(1.4.18-1)
trusty Does not exist

upstream Needs triage

xenial
Released (1.4.9-1+deb8u4build0.16.04.1)

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 5.5
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction Required
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity impact None
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H