| Name | CVE-2007-4197 |
| Description | icat in Brian Carrier The Sleuth Kit (TSK) before 2.09 omits NULL pointer checks in certain code paths, which allows user-assisted remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL dereference and application crash) and prevent examination of certain NTFS files via a malformed NTFS image. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| sleuthkit (PTS) | jessie, jessie (lts) | 4.1.3-4+deb8u2 | fixed |
| stretch (security), stretch (lts), stretch | 4.4.0-5+deb9u1 | fixed |
| buster | 4.6.5-1+deb10u1 | fixed |
| bullseye | 4.10.1+dfsg-1 | fixed |
| bookworm | 4.11.1+dfsg-1 | fixed |
| sid, trixie | 4.12.1+dfsg-2 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| sleuthkit | source | (unstable) | 2.09-1 | unimportant | | |
Notes
Labelling this as a security problem is a bit far-fetched.