CVE-2017-9454 (GCVE-0-2017-9454)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2017-08-18 14:00 – Updated: 2024-08-05 17:11
VLAI
Summary
Buffer overflow in the ares_parse_a_reply function in the embedded ares library in ReSIProcate before 1.12.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds-read) via a crafted DNS response.
Severity
7.5 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
Date Public
2016-06-06 00:00
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