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A vulnerability has been found in ldns 1.7.0 and classified as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is some unknown processing of the file parse.c. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a double free vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-415. The product calls free() twice on the same memory address, potentially leading to modification of unexpected memory locations. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:
A double-free vulnerability in parse.c in ldns 1.7.0 have unspecified impact and attack vectors.
The bug was discovered 04/27/2015. The weakness was presented 11/17/2017 (Website). The advisory is shared at nlnetlabs.nl. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2017-1000231 since 11/16/2017. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Technical details are known, but no exploit is available.
The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 934 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 104784 (Ubuntu 14.04 LTS / 16.04 LTS / 17.04 / 17.10 : ldns vulnerabilities (USN-3491-1)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Ubuntu Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 196981 (Ubuntu Security Notification for Ldns Vulnerabilities (USN-3491-1)).
Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published 5 days after the disclosure of the vulnerability.
The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (104784). See 72881 and 109634 for similar entries.
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CPE 2.3
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Class: Double freeCWE: CWE-415 / CWE-119
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Nessus ID: 104784
Nessus Name: Ubuntu 14.04 LTS / 16.04 LTS / 17.04 / 17.10 : ldns vulnerabilities (USN-3491-1)
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OpenVAS ID: 65105
OpenVAS Name: Ubuntu Update for ldns USN-3491-1
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05/03/2014 🔍04/27/2015 🔍
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Sources
Advisory: USN-3491-1Researcher: Leon Weber
Status: Confirmed
CVE: CVE-2017-1000231 (🔍)
SecurityFocus: 67200 - ldns CVE-2014-3209 Local Insecure File Permissions Vulnerability
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Entry
Created: 11/18/2017 08:53Updated: 01/10/2023 19:04
Changes: 11/18/2017 08:53 (74), 12/08/2019 09:49 (5), 01/24/2021 11:27 (2), 01/10/2023 18:57 (3), 01/10/2023 19:04 (1)
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