Out-of-Bounds Affecting shairport-sync package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Debian security rating.

Threat Intelligence

Exploit Maturity
Not Defined
EPSS
0.85% (83rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN9-SHAIRPORTSYNC-265749
  • published24 Apr 2018
  • disclosed24 Apr 2018

Introduced: 24 Apr 2018

CVE-2017-12087  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-119  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for Debian:9 shairport-sync.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream shairport-sync package and not the shairport-sync package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:9 relevant fixed versions and status.

An exploitable heap overflow vulnerability exists in the tinysvcmdns library version 2016-07-18. A specially crafted packet can make the library overwrite an arbitrary amount of data on the heap with attacker controlled values. An attacker needs send a dns packet to trigger this vulnerability.