usn-4765-1
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu
Published
2021-03-15 20:04
Modified
2026-06-29 10:52
Summary
sleuthkit vulnerabilities
Details

It was discovered that The Sleuth Kit did not properly handle certain entires in FAT file systems. An attacker could use this vulnerability to mislead an analyst and obscure their activities. This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 ESM. (CVE-2012-5619)

It was discovered that The Sleuth Kit mishandled certain crafted ISO 9660 images. If an analyst were tricked into opening a malicious image, an attacker could cause a denial of service (crash). (CVE-2017-13755)

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  "id": "USN-4765-1",
  "modified": "2026-06-29T10:52:48Z",
  "published": "2021-03-15T20:04:57Z",
  "references": [
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      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4765-1"
    },
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      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2012-5619"
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  "schema_version": "1.7.0",
  "summary": "sleuthkit vulnerabilities",
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    "UBUNTU-CVE-2017-13755"
  ]
}



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