UBUNTU-CVE-2017-12865

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-12865
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2017/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-12865.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-12865
Upstream
Published
2017-08-29T16:29:00Z
Modified
2025-09-08T16:44:22Z
Severity
  • 9.8 (Critical) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
  • Ubuntu - medium
Summary
[none]
Details

Stack-based buffer overflow in "dnsproxy.c" in connman 1.34 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or execute arbitrary code via a crafted response query string passed to the "name" variable.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS / connman

Package

Name
connman
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/connman@1.21-1.2+deb8u1build0.16.04.1?arch=source&distro=xenial

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.21-1.2+deb8u1build0.16.04.1

Affected versions

1.*

1.21-1.2
1.21-1.2build1
1.21-1.2build2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "connman",
            "binary_version": "1.21-1.2+deb8u1build0.16.04.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "connman-dev",
            "binary_version": "1.21-1.2+deb8u1build0.16.04.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "connman-vpn",
            "binary_version": "1.21-1.2+deb8u1build0.16.04.1"
        }
    ],
    "availability": "No subscription required"
}