CVE-2009-3887: Path Traversal
First published: Mon Sep 07 2009(Updated: )
Multiple directory traversal and buffer overflow vulnerabilities were discovered in yTNEF, and in Evolution's TNEF parser that is derived from yTNEF. A crafted email could cause these applications to write data in arbitrary locations on the filesystem, crash, or potentially execute arbitrary code when decoding attachments.
Credit: secalert@redhat.com
| Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
|---|---|---|
| debian/ytnef | ||
| ytnef |
Never miss a vulnerability like this again
Sign up to SecAlerts for real-time vulnerability data matched to your software, aggregated from hundreds of sources.
Reference Links
- https://www.akitasecurity.nl/advisory.php?id=AK20090601
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2009-3887
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2009-3887
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2009-3887
- http://ocert.org/advisories/ocert-2009-013.html
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2009-3887 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-3887
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=521662
- https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2009-3887.json
- http://www.ocert.org/advisories/ocert-2009-013.html
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the severity of CVE-2009-3887?
CVE-2009-3887 is classified as a critical severity vulnerability due to its potential to execute arbitrary code.
How do I fix CVE-2009-3887?
To fix CVE-2009-3887, update to the latest version of the affected software, ytnef, that addresses these vulnerabilities.
What affects CVE-2009-3887?
CVE-2009-3887 affects the ytnef package and Evolution's TNEF parser derived from ytnef.
What kind of attacks can exploit CVE-2009-3887?
CVE-2009-3887 can be exploited through crafted emails that trigger directory traversal and buffer overflow conditions.
What are the potential consequences of CVE-2009-3887?
The potential consequences of CVE-2009-3887 include unauthorized data writing, application crashes, and execution of arbitrary code.
- agent/type
- agent/first-publish-date
- collector/redhat-cve
- source/Red Hat
- agent/weakness
- agent/references
- agent/author
- agent/severity
- collector/mitre-cve
- source/MITRE
- agent/last-modified-date
- agent/description
- collector/security-tracker-debian
- source/Debian
- agent/software-canonical-lookup
- agent/event
- agent/source
- agent/softwarecombine
- agent/tags
- collector/nvd-historical
- agent/software-canonical-lookup-request
- collector/nvd-index
- package-manager/debian
- vendor/ytnef project
- canonical/ytnef