CVE-2017-13756

NameCVE-2017-13756
DescriptionIn The Sleuth Kit (TSK) 4.4.2, opening a crafted disk image triggers infinite recursion in dos_load_ext_table() in tsk/vs/dos.c in libtskvs.a, as demonstrated by mmls.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, bugtraq, EDB, Metasploit, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, Mageia, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
ReferencesDLA-3054-1
Debian Bugs873725

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
sleuthkit (PTS)buster4.6.5-1+deb10u1fixed
bullseye4.10.1+dfsg-1fixed
bookworm4.11.1+dfsg-1fixed
sid4.12.0+dfsg-1fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
sleuthkitsourcestretch4.4.0-5+deb9u1DLA-3054-1
sleuthkitsource(unstable)4.4.2-3unimportant873725

Notes

https://github.com/sleuthkit/sleuthkit/issues/914
Negligible security impact
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