Denial of Service Vulnerability in ntopng by ntop
CVE-2017-7458

7.5HIGH

Key Information:

Vendor

Ntop

Status
Ntopng
Vendor
CVE Published:
26 June 2017

What is CVE-2017-7458?

A vulnerability in the NetworkInterface::getHost function within ntopng versions before 3.0 allows remote attackers to trigger a denial of service by submitting an empty field intended for a hostname or IP address, leading to a NULL pointer dereference and subsequent application crash.

References

https://github.com/ntop/ntopng/commit/01f47e04fd7c8d54399...
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https://github.com/ntop/ntopng/blob/3.0/CHANGELOG.md
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CVSS V3.1

Score:
7.5
Severity:
HIGH
Confidentiality:
None
Integrity:
None
Availability:
None
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
None
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

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