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CVE-2017-9445

Published: 27 June 2017

In systemd through 233, certain sizes passed to dns_packet_new in systemd-resolved can cause it to allocate a buffer that's too small. A malicious DNS server can exploit this via a response with a specially crafted TCP payload to trick systemd-resolved into allocating a buffer that's too small, and subsequently write arbitrary data beyond the end of it.

Notes

AuthorNote
chrisccoulson
I believe this was introduced in v223 by
https://github.com/systemd/systemd/commit/a0166609f782da91710dea9183d1bf138538db37
systemd-resolved is not used by default in Xenial. It is
spawned if a user execs the systemd-resolve utility, but that shouldn't
impact the system.

Priority

High

CVSS 3 base score: 7.5

Status

Package Release Status
systemd
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
precise Does not exist

trusty Not vulnerable
(204-5ubuntu20.24)
upstream Needed

xenial
Released (229-4ubuntu19)
yakkety
Released (231-9ubuntu5)
zesty
Released (232-21ubuntu5)