FKIE_CVE-2016-5017

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2016-09-21 14:25 - Updated: 2026-06-17 00:48
Severity
8.1 (High) - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Summary
Buffer overflow in the C cli shell in Apache Zookeeper before 3.4.9 and 3.5.x before 3.5.3, when using the "cmd:" batch mode syntax, allows attackers to have unspecified impact via a long command string.
References
secalert@redhat.comhttp://packetstormsecurity.com/files/138755/ZooKeeper-3.4.8-3.5.2-Buffer-Overflow.htmlExploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/17/3Release Notes, Third Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93044
secalert@redhat.comhttps://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf?p=zookeeper.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=27ecf981a15554dc8e64a28630af7a5c9e2bdf4f
secalert@redhat.comhttps://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf?p=zookeeper.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=f09154d6648eeb4ec5e1ac8a2bacbd2f8c87c14a
secalert@redhat.comhttps://lists.apache.org/thread.html/053d9ce4d579b02203db18545fee5e33f35f2932885459b74d1e4272%40%3Cissues.activemq.apache.org%3E
secalert@redhat.comhttps://lists.apache.org/thread.html/bcce5a9c532b386c68dab2f6b3ce8b0cc9b950ec551766e76391caa3%40%3Ccommits.nifi.apache.org%3E
secalert@redhat.comhttps://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r4b743f407244294f316325458ccaabfce9cd70ca3a6423dbe574035c%40%3Cnotifications.dubbo.apache.org%3E
secalert@redhat.comhttps://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rca37935d661f4689cb4119f1b3b224413b22be161b678e6e6ce0c69b%40%3Ccommits.nifi.apache.org%3E
secalert@redhat.comhttps://www.cloudera.com/documentation/other/security-bulletins/topics/csb_topic_1.html
secalert@redhat.comhttps://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2020.html
secalert@redhat.comhttps://zookeeper.apache.org/security.html#CVE-2016-5017Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/138755/ZooKeeper-3.4.8-3.5.2-Buffer-Overflow.htmlExploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/17/3Release Notes, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93044
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf?p=zookeeper.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=27ecf981a15554dc8e64a28630af7a5c9e2bdf4f
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf?p=zookeeper.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=f09154d6648eeb4ec5e1ac8a2bacbd2f8c87c14a
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/053d9ce4d579b02203db18545fee5e33f35f2932885459b74d1e4272%40%3Cissues.activemq.apache.org%3E
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/bcce5a9c532b386c68dab2f6b3ce8b0cc9b950ec551766e76391caa3%40%3Ccommits.nifi.apache.org%3E
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r4b743f407244294f316325458ccaabfce9cd70ca3a6423dbe574035c%40%3Cnotifications.dubbo.apache.org%3E
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rca37935d661f4689cb4119f1b3b224413b22be161b678e6e6ce0c69b%40%3Ccommits.nifi.apache.org%3E
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.cloudera.com/documentation/other/security-bulletins/topics/csb_topic_1.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2020.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://zookeeper.apache.org/security.html#CVE-2016-5017Vendor Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
apache zookeeper *
apache zookeeper 3.5.0
apache zookeeper 3.5.1
apache zookeeper 3.5.2
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