CVE-2019-18849
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.
| Software | From | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| tnef_project / tnef | - | 1.4.18 |
| fedoraproject / fedora | 30 | 30.x |
| fedoraproject / fedora | 31 | 31.x |
| canonical / ubuntu_linux | 16.04 | 16.04.x |
| debian / debian_linux | 8.0 | 8.0.x |
- https://github.com/verdammelt/tnef/compare/1.4.17...1.4.18
- https://github.com/verdammelt/tnef/pull/40
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/11/msg00035.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/08/msg00025.html
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/RMKFSHPMOZL7MDWU5RYOTIBTRWSZ4Z6X/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/W7CPKBW4QZ4VIY4UXIUVUSHRJ4R2FROE/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/RMKFSHPMOZL7MDWU5RYOTIBTRWSZ4Z6X/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/W7CPKBW4QZ4VIY4UXIUVUSHRJ4R2FROE/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4524-1/
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