UBUNTU-CVE-2017-15908

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-15908
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2017/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-15908.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-15908
Related
Published
2017-10-26T00:00:00Z
Modified
2025-01-13T10:21:27Z
Severity
  • 7.5 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
  • 7.5 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

In systemd 223 through 235, a remote DNS server can respond with a custom crafted DNS NSEC resource record to trigger an infinite loop in the dnspacketreadtypewindow() function of the 'systemd-resolved' service and cause a DoS of the affected service.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS / systemd

Package

Name
systemd
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/systemd@229-4ubuntu21.1?arch=source&distro=xenial

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
229-4ubuntu21.1

Affected versions

Other

225-1ubuntu9
227-2ubuntu1
227-2ubuntu2
228-1ubuntu2
228-2ubuntu1
228-2ubuntu2
228-3ubuntu1
228-4ubuntu1
228-4ubuntu2
228-5ubuntu1
228-5ubuntu2
228-5ubuntu3
228-6ubuntu1
229-1ubuntu2
229-1ubuntu4
229-2ubuntu1
229-3ubuntu1
229-3ubuntu2
229-4ubuntu1
229-4ubuntu4
229-4ubuntu5
229-4ubuntu6
229-4ubuntu7
229-4ubuntu8
229-4ubuntu10
229-4ubuntu11
229-4ubuntu12
229-4ubuntu13
229-4ubuntu16
229-4ubuntu17
229-4ubuntu19
229-4ubuntu20
229-4ubuntu21

Ecosystem specific 

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    "ubuntu_priority": "medium",
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        },
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        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libnss-mymachines",
            "binary_version": "229-4ubuntu21.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libnss-mymachines-dbgsym",
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        },
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        },
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}