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Alpine Linux: CVE-2017-9831: libmtp various flaws

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Alpine Linux: CVE-2017-9831: libmtp various flaws

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
06/23/2017
Created
07/25/2018
Added
09/20/2017
Modified
12/04/2019

Description

An integer overflow vulnerability in the ptp_unpack_EOS_CustomFuncEx function of the ptp-pack.c file of libmtp (version 1.1.12 and below) allows attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds memory access) or maybe remote code execution by inserting a mobile device into a personal computer through a USB cable.

Solution(s)

  • alpine-linux-upgrade-libmtp

References

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