Out-of-bounds read in Graphite - CVE-2017-7771

 

Out-of-bounds read in Graphite - CVE-2017-7771

Published: June 14, 2017


Vulnerability identifier: #VU7082
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 6.9 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2017-7771
CWE-ID: CWE-125
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause DoS condition on the target system.

The weakness exists in Graphite 2 library due to out-of-bounds-read. A remote attacker can cause the application to crash.

Successful exploitation of the vulnerability results in denial of service.

Affected software

Graphite
Arch Linux
Debian Linux
Amazon Linux AMI
Gentoo Linux
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Scientific Computing
Red Hat Enterprise Linux EUS Compute Node
Ubuntu
Opensuse
Graphite
Mozilla Firefox
Firefox ESR
Mozilla Thunderbird

How to mitigate CVE-2017-7771

Install update from vendor's website.

Graphite - update to 1.3.10
Mozilla Firefox - update to 54.0
Mozilla Thunderbird - update to 52.2
Firefox ESR - update to 52.2.0

External References

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