| Name | CVE-2018-11738 |
| Description | An issue was discovered in libtskfs.a in The Sleuth Kit (TSK) from release 4.0.2 through to 4.6.1. An out-of-bounds read of a memory region was found in the function ntfs_make_data_run in tsk/fs/ntfs.c which could be leveraged by an attacker to disclose information or manipulated to read from unmapped memory causing a denial of service attack. |
| 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 | 902187 |
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 | vulnerable |
| stretch (security), stretch (lts), stretch | 4.4.0-5+deb9u1 | vulnerable |
| buster | 4.6.5-1+deb10u1 | vulnerable |
| bullseye | 4.10.1+dfsg-1 | vulnerable |
| bookworm | 4.11.1+dfsg-1 | vulnerable |
| trixie | 4.12.1+dfsg-1 | vulnerable |
| sid | 4.12.1+dfsg-2 | vulnerable |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| sleuthkit | source | wheezy | (unfixed) | end-of-life | | |
| sleuthkit | source | (unstable) | (unfixed) | unimportant | | 902187 |
Notes
https://github.com/sleuthkit/sleuthkit/issues/1265
Negligible security impact