9.8
CRITICAL
CVE-2017-9430
Cisco dnstracer Stack-based Buffer Overflow
Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in dnstracer through 1.9 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a command line with a long name argument that is mishandled in a strcpy call for argv[0]. An example threat model is a web application that launches dnstracer with an untrusted name string.

INFO

Published Date :

June 5, 2017, 11:29 a.m.

Last Modified :

Aug. 12, 2017, 1:29 a.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

5.9

Exploitability Score :

3.9
Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github

CVE-2017-9430 has a 4 public PoC/Exploit available at Github. Go to the Public Exploits tab to see the list.

Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2017-9430 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Dnstracer_project dnstracer
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2017-9430.

URL Resource
https://cxsecurity.com/issue/WLB-2017060030 Third Party Advisory
https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/142799/DNSTracer-1.8.1-Buffer-Overflow.html Third Party Advisory
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42115/ Third Party Advisory
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42424/

We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).

One Exploit to DnsTracerv1.9

Python

Updated: 6 months ago
1 stars 1 fork 1 watcher
Born at : Jan. 25, 2019, 4:55 a.m. This repo has been linked 1 different CVEs too.

None

Updated: 4 years, 6 months ago
1 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : July 17, 2018, 7:48 p.m. This repo has been linked 494 different CVEs too.

CVE-2017-9430 Fix

Batchfile Makefile Shell Roff C

Updated: 6 years, 9 months ago
0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : Nov. 22, 2017, 9:19 a.m. This repo has been linked 1 different CVEs too.

None

Updated: 7 years, 3 months ago
0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : June 8, 2017, 6:22 a.m. This repo has been linked 1 different CVEs too.

Results are limited to the first 15 repositories due to potential performance issues.

The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2017-9430 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2017-9430 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Aug. 12, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42424/ [No Types Assigned]
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Jun. 13, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V2 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
    Added CVSS V3 AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    Changed Reference Type https://cxsecurity.com/issue/WLB-2017060030 No Types Assigned https://cxsecurity.com/issue/WLB-2017060030 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/142799/DNSTracer-1.8.1-Buffer-Overflow.html No Types Assigned https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/142799/DNSTracer-1.8.1-Buffer-Overflow.html Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42115/ No Types Assigned https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42115/ Third Party Advisory
    Added CWE CWE-119
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:dnstracer_project:dnstracer:1.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (and previous)
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jun. 07, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42115/ [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/142799/DNSTracer-1.8.1-Buffer-Overflow.html [No Types Assigned]
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

2.07 }} 0.06%

score

0.87356

percentile

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