CVE-2017-13760 Denial of service in n/a
A denial of service vulnerability in The Sleuth Kit allows attackers to cause a hang when processing corrupt exFAT images.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2017-13760?
CVE-2017-13760 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Debian Debian Linux, published on 29 Aug 2017. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
In The Sleuth Kit (TSK) 4.4.2, fls hangs on a corrupt exfat image in tsk_img_read() in tsk/img/img_io.c in libtskimg.a.
Weakness: CWE-119
Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-13760?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Debian Debian Linux, Sleuthkit the Sleuth Kit.
How do I fix CVE-2017-13760?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2017-13760 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-13760 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Debian Debian Linux
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2017-13760, GHSA-q3j4-9cmf-q948, UBUNTU-CVE-2017-13760.