USN-3288-1

It was discovered that libytnef incorrectly handled malformed TNEF streams. If a user were tricked into opening a specially crafted TNEF attachment, an attacker could cause a denial of service or possibly execute arbitrary code.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:14.04:LTS / libytnef

Package

Name: libytnef
Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/libytnef@1.5-6ubuntu0.1?arch=source&distro=trusty

Affected ranges

Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events: Introduced

0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Fixed

1.5-6ubuntu0.1

Affected versions

1.*

1.5-5

1.5-6

Ecosystem specific

{
    "availability": "No subscription required",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "libytnef0",
            "binary_version": "1.5-6ubuntu0.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libytnef0-dbgsym",
            "binary_version": "1.5-6ubuntu0.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libytnef0-dev",
            "binary_version": "1.5-6ubuntu0.1"
        }
    ]
}