Description
In tnef before 1.4.18, an attacker may be able to write to the victim's .ssh/authorized_keys file via an e-mail message with a crafted winmail.dat application/ms-tnef attachment, because of a heap-based buffer over-read involving strdup.
Published: 2019-11-11
Score: 5.5 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-2005-1 tnef security update
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-2748-1 tnef security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2019-8547 In tnef before 1.4.18, an attacker may be able to write to the victim's .ssh/authorized_keys file via an e-mail message with a crafted winmail.dat application/ms-tnef attachment, because of a heap-based buffer over-read involving strdup.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-4524-1 TNEF vulnerabilities
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Canonical Ubuntu Linux
Debian Debian Linux
Fedoraproject Fedora
Tnef Project Tnef
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-05T02:02:39.534Z

Reserved: 2019-11-11T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2019-18849

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Status : Modified

Published: 2019-11-11T04:15:10.530

Modified: 2024-11-21T04:33:42.520

Link: CVE-2019-18849

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