PublicDateAtUSN: 2017-10-26 18:29:00 UTC
Candidate: CVE-2017-15922
PublicDate: 2017-10-26 18:29:00 UTC
References:
 https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-15922
 http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-libextractor/2017-10/msg00008.html
 https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4641-1
Description:
 In GNU Libextractor 1.4, there is an out-of-bounds read in the
 EXTRACTOR_dvi_extract_method function in plugins/dvi_extractor.c.
Ubuntu-Description:
 It was discovered that Libextractore incorrectly handled certain crafted
 files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of
 service.
Notes:
Bugs:
Priority: low
Discovered-by:
Assigned-to:
CVSS:
 nvd: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H [5.5 MEDIUM]


Patches_libextractor:
upstream_libextractor: released (1:1.3-4+deb9u1, 1:1.6-2)
precise/esm_libextractor: DNE
trusty_libextractor: ignored (reached end-of-life)
trusty/esm_libextractor: DNE (trusty was needed)
xenial_libextractor: released (1:1.3-4+deb9u3build0.16.04.1)
zesty_libextractor: ignored (reached end-of-life)
artful_libextractor: ignored (reached end-of-life)
bionic_libextractor: not-affected (1:1.6-2)
cosmic_libextractor: not-affected (1:1.6-2)
disco_libextractor: not-affected (1:1.6-2)
eoan_libextractor: not-affected (1:1.6-2)
focal_libextractor: not-affected (1:1.6-2)
groovy_libextractor: not-affected (1:1.6-2)
devel_libextractor: not-affected (1:1.6-2)