CVE-2017-1000232

Publication date 16 November 2017

Last updated 25 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Medium

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Cvss 3 Severity Score

9.8 · Critical

Score breakdown

Description

A double-free vulnerability in str2host.c in ldns 1.7.0 have unspecified impact and attack vectors.

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
ldns 17.10 artful
Fixed 1.7.0-1ubuntu1.17.10.1
17.04 zesty
Fixed 1.7.0-1ubuntu1.17.04.1
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 1.6.17-8ubuntu0.1
14.04 LTS trusty
Fixed 1.6.17-1ubuntu0.1

Patch details

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Package Patch details
ldns

Severity score breakdown

CVSS version: CVSS v3.0

Base score 9.8 · Critical

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

    • USN-3491-1
    • ldns vulnerabilities
    • 22 November 2017

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