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TI-2017-06842 Aliases CVE-2017-9430GHSA-wr66-cqr2-pw8r

Stack-based buffer overflow in dnstracer through 1.9 allows attackers to cause a denial…

Priority MEDIUM 55CWE-119Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Code execution
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · High · High
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-119 and the CVSS impact.

Summary

Stack-based buffer overflow in dnstracer through 1.9 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a command line with a long name argument that is mishandled in a strcpy call for argv[0]. An example threat model is a web application that launches dnstracer with an untrusted name string.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.11411 96th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 2 exploit referencesTagged by the CNA
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:dnstracer_project:dnstracer:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*up to 1.9VulnerableDnstracer Project
  • cpe:2.3:a:dnstracer_project:dnstracer:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions up to 1.9 Vulnerable ·Dnstracer Project

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

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Not affected: 1 product
  • Red Hat

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2017-9430
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-wr66-cqr2-pw8r

References

Exploit 2

Advisory 1

Sources

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