CVE-2017-1000231 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

A double-free vulnerability in parse.c in ldns 1.7.0 have unspecified impact and attack vectors.

Published: 2017-11-17

Score: 9.8 Critical

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:nlnetlabs:ldns:1.7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
Debian DLA	DLA-1182-1	ldns security update
Debian DLA	DLA-2910-1	ldns security update
EUVD	EUVD-2017-1499	A double-free vulnerability in parse.c in ldns 1.7.0 have unspecified impact and attack vectors.
Ubuntu USN	USN-3491-1	ldns vulnerabilities

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00548.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-04/msg00000.html
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/11/msg00028.html
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-1000231
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-1000231
https://www.nlnetlabs.nl/bugs-script/show_bug.cgi?id=1256

History

Sun, 13 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics	epss `{'score': 0.00558}`	epss `{'score': 0.00548}`

Subscriptions

Nlnetlabs Ldns

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2017-11-17T04:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-05T21:53:07.304Z

Reserved: 2017-11-16T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2017-1000231

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2017-11-17T04:29:00.247

Modified: 2025-04-20T01:37:25.860

Link: CVE-2017-1000231

Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2017-04-25T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2017-1000231 - Bugzilla

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

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