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Unscored USN-4765-1 2 CVEs

sleuthkit vulnerabilities

Published Mar 15, 2021 · Updated Jun 29, 2026

Summary

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)

Fixed packages 2

ReleasePackageFixed in
Ubuntu · Pro 14.04 LTS Pro:14.04:LTS sleuthkit 3.2.3-2.2ubuntu0.1~esm1
Ubuntu · Pro 16.04 LTS Pro:16.04:LTS sleuthkit 4.2.0-3ubuntu0.1~esm1

Vulnerabilities 2

References

  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2012-5619
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-13755