UBUNTU-CVE-2017-1000381 (CVE-2017-1000381)

Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu – Published: 2017-07-07 00:00 – Updated: 2026-04-22 07:38 – Source website
VLAI
Details

The c-ares function ares_parse_naptr_reply(), which is used for parsing NAPTR responses, could be triggered to read memory outside of the given input buffer if the passed in DNS response packet was crafted in a particular way.

Severity
7.5 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
7.5 (High)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
N/A (UNKNOWN)
medium
References
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  "details": "The c-ares function `ares_parse_naptr_reply()`, which is used for parsing NAPTR responses, could be triggered to read memory outside of the given input buffer if the passed in DNS response packet was crafted in a particular way.",
  "id": "UBUNTU-CVE-2017-1000381",
  "modified": "2026-04-22T07:38:28Z",
  "published": "2017-07-07T00:00:00Z",
  "references": [
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  "schema_version": "1.7.0",
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