PublicDateAtUSN: 2017-02-23
Candidate: CVE-2017-6303
PublicDate: 2017-02-24 04:59:00 UTC
References:
 https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-6303
 https://www.x41-dsec.de/lab/advisories/x41-2017-002-ytnef/
 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/02/15/4
 https://github.com/Yeraze/ytnef/pull/27
 https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3288-1
 https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4615-1
Description:
 An issue was discovered in ytnef before 1.9.1. This is related to a patch
 described as "6 of 9. Invalid Write and Integer Overflow."
Ubuntu-Description:
Notes:
 sbeattie> rather than cherry-pick individual commits, probably best to
   take full git merge commit
Bugs:
 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1666884
Priority: medium
Discovered-by:
Assigned-to:
CVSS:
 nvd: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H [7.8 HIGH]

Patches_libytnef:
 upstream: https://github.com/Yeraze/ytnef/commit/b36d6b25b7a546fc28d6c3812124e487987a4910
upstream_libytnef: released (1.9.1-1)
precise_libytnef: ignored (reached end-of-life)
precise/esm_libytnef: DNE (precise was needs-triage)
trusty_libytnef: released (1.5-6ubuntu0.1)
trusty/esm_libytnef: DNE (trusty was released [1.5-6ubuntu0.1])
vivid/stable-phone-overlay_libytnef: DNE
vivid/ubuntu-core_libytnef: DNE
xenial_libytnef: released (1.5-9ubuntu0.1)
yakkety_libytnef: ignored (reached end-of-life)
zesty_libytnef: not-affected (1.9.1-1)
artful_libytnef: not-affected (1.9.1-1)
bionic_libytnef: not-affected (1.9.1-1)
cosmic_libytnef: not-affected (1.9.1-1)
disco_libytnef: not-affected (1.9.1-1)
eoan_libytnef: not-affected (1.9.1-1)
focal_libytnef: not-affected (1.9.1-1)
groovy_libytnef: not-affected (1.9.1-1)
devel_libytnef: not-affected (1.9.1-1)