| Name | CVE-2017-17440 |
| Description | GNU Libextractor 1.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via a crafted GIF, IT (Impulse Tracker), NSFE, S3M (Scream Tracker 3), SID, or XM (eXtended Module) file, as demonstrated by the EXTRACTOR_xm_extract_method function in plugins/xm_extractor.c. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| Debian Bugs | 883528 |
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| libextractor (PTS) | jessie, jessie (lts) | 1:1.3-2+deb8u5 | fixed |
| stretch (security), stretch (lts), stretch | 1:1.3-4+deb9u4 | fixed | |
| buster | 1:1.8-2+deb10u1 | fixed | |
| bullseye | 1:1.11-2 | fixed | |
| bookworm | 1:1.11-7 | fixed | |
| sid, trixie | 1:1.13-8 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| libextractor | source | jessie | 1:1.3-2+deb8u1 | |||
| libextractor | source | stretch | 1:1.3-4+deb9u1 | |||
| libextractor | source | (unstable) | 1:1.6-2 | 883528 |
[wheezy] - libextractor <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
Fixed by: https://git.gnunet.org/libextractor.git/commit/?id=7cc63b001ceaf81143795321379c835486d0c92e