Bug 1451256 (CVE-2017-8911) - CVE-2017-8911 tnef: Integer underflow in unicode_to_utf8
Summary: CVE-2017-8911 tnef: Integer underflow in unicode_to_utf8
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Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: CVE-2017-8911
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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medium
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Assignee: Red Hat Product Security
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Depends On: 1451258 1451259
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TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2017-05-16 08:45 UTC by Adam Mariš
Modified: 2019-09-29 14:12 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2018-10-08 13:29:10 UTC
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Description Adam Mariš 2017-05-16 08:45:30 UTC 
An integer underflow has been identified in the unicode_to_utf8() function in tnef 1.4.14. This might lead to invalid write operations, controlled by an attacker.

Upstream bug:

https://github.com/verdammelt/tnef/issues/23
Comment 1 Adam Mariš 2017-05-16 08:46:22 UTC 
Created tnef tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: epel-all [bug 1451259]
Affects: fedora-all [bug 1451258]
Comment 2 Christian Stadelmann 2018-10-08 12:26:38 UTC 
If all the tracking bugs have been closed, shouldn't this bug report be closed too?
Comment 3 Adam Mariš 2018-10-08 13:29:10 UTC 
In reply to comment #2:
> If all the tracking bugs have been closed, shouldn't this bug report be
> closed too?

Yes, I'll close it, thanks for notice.
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