Critical severity9.8NVD Advisory· Published Jun 5, 2017· Updated May 13, 2026
CVE-2017-9430
CVE-2017-9430
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.
Affected products
1Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
Vulnerability mechanics
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References
4- cxsecurity.com/issue/WLB-2017060030nvdThird Party Advisory
- packetstormsecurity.com/files/142799/DNSTracer-1.8.1-Buffer-Overflow.htmlnvdThird Party Advisory
- www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42115/nvdThird Party Advisory
- www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42424/nvd
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