First published: Wed Aug 08 2007(Updated: )
icat in Brian Carrier The Sleuth Kit (TSK) before 2.09 misinterprets a certain memory location as the holder of a loop iteration count, which allows user-assisted remote attackers to cause a denial of service (long loop) and prevent examination of certain NTFS files via a malformed NTFS image.
Credit: cve@mitre.org
Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
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Brian Carrier The slueth Kit | <=2.08 | |
The Sleuth Kit | <=2.08 |
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CVE-2007-4196 is classified as a denial of service vulnerability.
To mitigate CVE-2007-4196, upgrade The Sleuth Kit to version 2.09 or later.
CVE-2007-4196 affects The Sleuth Kit versions prior to 2.09.
CVE-2007-4196 can be exploited by user-assisted remote attackers.
CVE-2007-4196 enables a denial of service attack through a malformed NTFS image.