In libytnef in ytnef through 1.9.2, there is a heap-based buffer over-read due to incorrect boundary checking in the SIZECHECK macro in lib/ytnef.c.

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available.

  - In libytnef in ytnef through 1.9.2, there is a heap-based buffer over-read due to incorrect boundary     checking in the SIZECHECK macro in lib/ytnef.c. (CVE-2017-9058)

Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.

ytnef 1.9.3 release, fixing a number of security issues :

  - CVE-2017-9470

  - CVE-2017-9471

  - CVE-2017-9474

  - CVE-2017-9058

  - CVE-2017-12142

  - CVE-2017-12141

  - CVE-2017-12144

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora update system website.
Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

The remote Ubuntu 14.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-3667-1 advisory.

    It was discovered that libytnef incorrectly handled certain files. An attacker could possibly use this to     cause a denial of service. (CVE-2017-12141, CVE-2017-9146, CVE-2017-9471, CVE-2017-9473)

    It was discovered that libytnef incorrectly handled certain files. An attacker could possibly use this to     access sensitive information. (CVE-2017-9058)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
254779	Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2017-9058	Nessus	Misc.	critical
125273	Fedora 30 : 1:ytnef (2019-7d7083b8be)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	critical
110286	Ubuntu 14.04 LTS : libytnef vulnerabilities (USN-3667-1)	Nessus	Ubuntu Local Security Checks	critical

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