CVE-2017-7938
dmitry - security update
9.8
CRITICAL
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 5.0%
Description
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.
How to fix CVE-2017-7938
To remediate CVE-2017-7938, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- —upgrade to 1.3a-1.1+deb11u1 or later
- —upgrade to 1.3a-1.1+deb11u1 or later
Is CVE-2017-7938 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 5.0%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (2)
- from 0, < 1.3a-1.1+deb11u1
- from 0, < 1.3a-1.1+deb11u1
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | CRITICAL9.8 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |