Vulnerability record · CVE-2017-9430 · published 5 June 2017
CVE-2017-9430: Dnstracer project dnstracer memory buffer overflow vulnerability
Dnstracer Project · Dnstracer
Stack-based buffer overflow in dnstracer through 1.9 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a command line with a long name argument that is mishandled in a strcpy call for argv[0]. An example threat model is a web application that launches dnstracer with an untrusted name string.
Description
Stack-based buffer overflow in dnstracer through 1.9 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a command line with a long name argument that is mishandled in a strcpy call for argv[0]. An example threat model is a web application that launches dnstracer with an untrusted name string.
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Affected products
1 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.
References
| Link | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://cxsecurity.com/issue/WLB-2017060030 | Third Party Advisory |
| https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/142799/DNSTracer-1.8.1-Buffer-Overflow.html | Third Party Advisory |
| https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42115/ | Third Party Advisory |
| https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42424/ | |
| https://cxsecurity.com/issue/WLB-2017060030 | Third Party Advisory |
| https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/142799/DNSTracer-1.8.1-Buffer-Overflow.html | Third Party Advisory |
| https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42115/ | Third Party Advisory |
| https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42424/ |
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Related vulnerabilities
Same products first, then exploited flaws of the same weakness class.
Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2017-9430), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-26). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.
