UBUNTU-CVE-2017-13756

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-13756
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2017/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-13756.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-13756
Upstream
Published
2017-08-29T22:29:00Z
Modified
2025-09-08T16:44:25Z
Severity
  • 5.5 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
  • Ubuntu - negligible
Summary
[none]
Details

In The Sleuth Kit (TSK) 4.4.2, opening a crafted disk image triggers infinite recursion in dosloadext_table() in tsk/vs/dos.c in libtskvs.a, as demonstrated by mmls.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:Pro:14.04:LTS / sleuthkit

Package

Name
sleuthkit
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/sleuthkit@3.2.3-2.2ubuntu0.1~esm1?arch=source&distro=esm-infra-legacy/trusty

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

3.*

3.2.3-2ubuntu1
3.2.3-2ubuntu2
3.2.3-2.1
3.2.3-2.2
3.2.3-2.2ubuntu0.1~esm1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "3.2.3-2.2ubuntu0.1~esm1",
            "binary_name": "libtsk-dev"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "3.2.3-2.2ubuntu0.1~esm1",
            "binary_name": "libtsk3-3"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "3.2.3-2.2ubuntu0.1~esm1",
            "binary_name": "sleuthkit"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source

"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2017/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-13756.json"

Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS / sleuthkit

Package

Name
sleuthkit
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/sleuthkit@4.2.0-3ubuntu0.1~esm1?arch=source&distro=esm-apps/xenial

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

4.*

4.1.3-11ubuntu2
4.1.3-12ubuntu1
4.2.0-3
4.2.0-3ubuntu0.1~esm1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "4.2.0-3ubuntu0.1~esm1",
            "binary_name": "libtsk-dev"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "4.2.0-3ubuntu0.1~esm1",
            "binary_name": "libtsk13"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "4.2.0-3ubuntu0.1~esm1",
            "binary_name": "sleuthkit"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source

"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2017/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-13756.json"