Stack-based buffer overflow in dnstracer through 1.9 allows attackers to...

Vulnerability Description

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.

References

• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42115/
• https://cxsecurity.com/issue/WLB-2017060030
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42424/
• https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/142799/DNSTracer-1.8.1-Buffer-Overflow.html