UBUNTU-CVE-2017-1000458

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2017-1000458

    Published: 2 Jan 2018Last Modified: 24 Oct 2025

    Summary:

    Details: Bro before Bro v2.5.2 is vulnerable to an out of bounds write in the ContentLine analyzer allowing remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly other exploitation.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-1000458, https://bro-tracker.atlassian.net/browse/BIT-1856, https://github.com/bro/bro/commit/6c0f101a62489b1c5927b4ed63b0e1d37db40282, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-1000458

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: bro

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]+dfsg-2build1?arch=source&distro=xenial

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    2.4+dfsg-1

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High