USN-4765-1: The Sleuth Kit vulnerabilities

Releases

• Ubuntu 16.04 ESM
• Ubuntu 14.04 ESM

Packages

• sleuthkit - collection of tools for forensics analysis on volume and file sys

Details

It was discovered that The Sleuth Kit did not properly handle certain
entires in FAT file systems. An attacker could use this vulnerability to
mislead an analyst and obscure their activities. This issue only affected
Ubuntu 14.04 ESM. (CVE-2012-5619)

It was discovered that The Sleuth Kit mishandled certain crafted ISO 9660
images. If an analyst were tricked into opening a malicious image, an
attacker could cause a denial of service (crash). (CVE-2017-13755)

Update instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu 16.04

• libtsk13 - 4.2.0-3ubuntu0.1~esm1
  Available with Ubuntu Pro
• sleuthkit - 4.2.0-3ubuntu0.1~esm1
  Available with Ubuntu Pro

Ubuntu 14.04

• libtsk3-3 - 3.2.3-2.2ubuntu0.1~esm1
  Available with Ubuntu Pro
• sleuthkit - 3.2.3-2.2ubuntu0.1~esm1
  Available with Ubuntu Pro

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References

• CVE-2012-5619
• CVE-2017-13755