UBUNTU-CVE-2017-7938

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2017-7938

    Published: 20 Apr 2017Last Modified: 4 Nov 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2017-7938
    Aliases:
    USN-8980-1

    Summary:

    Details: Stack-based buffer overflow in DMitry (Deepmagic Information Gathering Tool) version 1.3a (Unix) allows attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a long argument. An example threat model is automated execution of DMitry with hostname strings found in local log files.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-7938, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-7938, https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/142210/Dmitry-1.3a-Local-Stack-Buffer-Overflow.html, https://github.com/jaygreig86/dmitry/pull/12, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8980-1

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: dmitry

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/dmitry?arch=source&distro=esm-apps-legacy%2Fxenial

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -1.3a-1ubuntu0.16.04.1~esm1

    Affected versions

    1.3a-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