[Secure-testing-team] Bug#882014: ldns: CVE-2017-1000232: Memory corruption in ldns_str2rdf_long_str (double free)

[Salvatore Bonaccorso]

Source: ldns
Version: 1.7.0-1
Severity: important
Tags: patch security upstream
Forwarded: https://www.nlnetlabs.nl/bugs-script/show_bug.cgi?id=1257

Hi,

the following vulnerability was published for ldns.

CVE-2017-1000232[0]:
| A double-free vulnerability in str2host.c in ldns 1.7.0 have
| unspecified impact and attack vectors.

If you fix the vulnerability please also make sure to include the
CVE (Common Vulnerabilities & Exposures) id in your changelog entry.

For further information see:

[0] https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-1000232
    https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-1000232
[1] https://www.nlnetlabs.nl/bugs-script/show_bug.cgi?id=1257
[2] https://git.nlnetlabs.nl/ldns/commit/?id=3bdeed02505c9bbacb3b64a97ddcb1de967153b7

Please adjust the affected versions in the BTS as needed.

Regards,
Salvatore