CVE-2017-9106: Buffer Overflow

Published Jun 18, 2020
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Updated

An issue was discovered in adns before 1.5.2. adnsrrinfo mishandles a bogus datap. The general pattern for formatting integers is to sprintf into a fixed-size buffer. This is correct if the input is in the right range; if it isn't, the buffer may be overrun (depending on the sizes of the types on the current platform). Of course the inputs ought to be right. And there are pointers in there too, so perhaps one could say that the caller ought to check these things. It may be better to require the caller to make the pointer structure right, but to have the code here be defensive about (and tolerate with an error but without crashing) out-of-range integer values. So: it should defend each of these integer conversion sites with a check for the actual permitted range, and return adnssinvaliddata if not. The lack of this check causes the SOA sign extension bug to be a serious security problem: the sign extended SOA value is out of range, and overruns the buffer when reconverted. This is related to sign extending SOA 32-bit integer fields, and use of a signed data type.

Affected Software

3 affected components
GNU adns<1.5.2
Fedoraproject Fedora=31
Fedoraproject Fedora=32

Event History

Jun 18, 2020
CVE Published
via MITRE·01:08 PM
Data Sourced
via MITRE·01:08 PM
Description
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Frequently Asked Questions

1

What is the vulnerability ID?

The vulnerability ID is CVE-2017-9106.

2

What is the severity level of CVE-2017-9106?

The severity level of CVE-2017-9106 is high with a score of 7.5.

3

What software is affected by CVE-2017-9106?

GNU adns version up to exclusive 1.5.2, Fedoraproject Fedora versions 31 and 32 are affected by CVE-2017-9106.

4

What is the Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) ID of CVE-2017-9106?

The CWE ID of CVE-2017-9106 is CWE-119.

5

How can I fix CVE-2017-9106?

To fix CVE-2017-9106, update the affected software to version 1.5.2 for GNU adns and versions 31 or 32 for Fedoraproject Fedora.

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