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CVE-2017-9217

Date: May 23, 2017

systemd-resolved through 233 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) via a crafted DNS response with an empty question section.

Language: C

Severity Score

7.5

Related Resources (9)

Url: https://launchpad.net/bugs/1621396

Url: https://github.com/systemd/systemd/commit/a924f43f30f9c4acaf70618dd2a055f8b0f166be

Url: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98677

Url: https://github.com/systemd/systemd/pull/5998

Url: https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2017-9217

Url: https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20241213-0003/

Url: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-9217

Url: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-9217

Url: https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2017-9217

Severity Score

7.5

Weakness Type (CWE)

Improper Input Validation

CWE-20

NULL Pointer Dereference

CWE-476

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:	7.5
Attack Vector (AV):	NETWORK
Attack Complexity (AC):	LOW
Privileges Required (PR):	NONE
User Interaction (UI):	NONE
Scope (S):	UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C):	NONE
Integrity (I):	NONE
Availability (A):	HIGH

CVSS v2

Base Score:	5.0
Access Vector (AV):	NETWORK
Access Complexity (AC):	LOW
Authentication (AU):	NONE
Confidentiality (C):	NONE
Integrity (I):	NONE
Availability (A):	PARTIAL
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