PT-2017-18932 · C-Ares · Ares

Published 2017-08-18 · Updated 2019-12-11 · CVE-2017-9454

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.5

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions ReSIProcate versions prior to 1.12.0

Description The issue is related to a buffer overflow in the ares parse a reply function within the embedded ares library. This allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service, specifically an out-of-bounds read, by sending a crafted DNS response.

Recommendations For versions prior to 1.12.0, update to version 1.12.0 or later to resolve the issue.

Fix

Out of bounds Read

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-125

Related Identifiers

CVE-2017-9454

Affected Products

Ares

References · 4

• https://github.com/resiprocate/resiprocate/commit/d67a9ca6fd06ca65d23e313bdbad1ef4dd3aa0df · Patch
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-9454 · Security Note
• https://list.resiprocate.org/archive/resiprocate-users/msg02700.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-9454 · Vendor Advisory