# CVE-2017-6306: An issue was discovered in ytnef before 1.9.1.

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2017-02-24 · Updated: 2024-08-05

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

An issue was discovered in ytnef before 1.9.1. This is related to a patch described as "9 of 9. Directory Traversal using the filename; SanitizeFilename function in settings.c."

## What to do

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## Related

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## References

- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96423
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/02/15/4
- https://github.com/Yeraze/ytnef/pull/27
- http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3846
- https://www.x41-dsec.de/lab/advisories/x41-2017-002-ytnef/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/LFJWMUEUC4ILH2HEOCYVVLQT654ZMCGQ/

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