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CVE-2018-17419: NULL Pointer Dereference

May 18, 2021

An issue was discovered in setTA in scan_rr.go in the Miek Gieben DNS library before 1.0.10 for Go. A dns.ParseZone() parsing error causes a segmentation violation, leading to denial of service.

References

  • github.com/advisories/GHSA-9jcx-pr2f-qvq5
  • github.com/miekg/dns/commit/501e858f679edecd4a38a86317ce50271014a80d
  • github.com/miekg/dns/issues/742
  • nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-17419

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Affected versions

All versions before 1.0.10

Fixed versions

  • 1.0.10

Solution

Upgrade to version 1.0.10 or above.

Impact 7.5 HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

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Weakness

  • CWE-476: NULL Pointer Dereference

Source file

go/github.com/miekg/dns/CVE-2018-17419.yml

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