An issue was discovered in adns before 1.5.2. It corrupts a pointer when a nameserver speaks first because of a wrong number of pointer dereferences. This bug may well be exploitable as a remote code execution.
Weakness
The product dereferences a pointer that it expects to be valid but is NULL.
Affected Software
| Name | Vendor | Start Version | End Version |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adns | Gnu | * | 1.5.2 (excluding) |
| Adns | Ubuntu | bionic | * |
| Adns | Ubuntu | eoan | * |
| Adns | Ubuntu | esm-apps/bionic | * |
| Adns | Ubuntu | esm-apps/focal | * |
| Adns | Ubuntu | esm-apps/xenial | * |
| Adns | Ubuntu | focal | * |
| Adns | Ubuntu | trusty | * |
| Adns | Ubuntu | xenial | * |
Potential Mitigations
References
- http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/ucgi/~ianmdlvl/git?p=adns.git
- http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/ucgi/~ianmdlvl/git?p=adns.git%3Ba=blob%3Bf=changelog
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/TRVHN3GGVNQWAOL3PWC5FLAV7HUESLZR/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/UGFZ4SPV6KFQK6ZNUZFB5Y32OYFOM5YJ/
- https://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/pipermail/adns-announce/2020/000004.html
- http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/ucgi/~ianmdlvl/git?p=adns.git
- http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/ucgi/~ianmdlvl/git?p=adns.git%3Ba=blob%3Bf=changelog
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/TRVHN3GGVNQWAOL3PWC5FLAV7HUESLZR/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/UGFZ4SPV6KFQK6ZNUZFB5Y32OYFOM5YJ/
- https://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/pipermail/adns-announce/2020/000004.html