PT-2017-18932
CVE-2017-9454
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Published
2017-08-18
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Updated
2019-12-11
Description by
CVSS 3.1
7.5
HighMetricsAV: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.
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