CVE-2017-17833 Memory corruption in n/a
Critical 9.8
Published
Updated
Check this codebase for CVE-2017-17833 and fix it if it is affected.
What it is: CVE-2017-17833 is a critical memory corruption vulnerability in Canonical Ubuntu Linux, published on 23 Apr 2018. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-17833 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Affected product: Canonical Ubuntu Linux. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.
Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.
Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-17833/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-17833/index.md)
Heap memory corruption in OpenSLP allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause denial of service.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2017-17833?
CVE-2017-17833 is a critical memory corruption vulnerability in Canonical Ubuntu Linux, published on 23 Apr 2018. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
OpenSLP releases in the 1.0.2 and 1.1.0 code streams have a heap-related memory corruption issue which may manifest itself as a denial-of-service or a remote code-execution vulnerability.
Weakness: CWE-119
Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-17833?
It affects 38 products.
Linux distribution packages (40)
openslp Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client | All versions | 1:2.0.0-3.el6 |
openslp-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client | All versions | 1:2.0.0-3.el6 |
openslp-devel Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client | All versions | 1:2.0.0-3.el6 |
openslp-server Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client | All versions | 1:2.0.0-3.el6 |
openslp Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::computenode | All versions | 1:2.0.0-3.el6 |
openslp-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::computenode | All versions | 1:2.0.0-3.el6 |
openslp-devel Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::computenode | All versions | 1:2.0.0-3.el6 |
openslp-server Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::computenode | All versions | 1:2.0.0-3.el6 |
openslp Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server | All versions | 1:2.0.0-3.el6 |
openslp-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server | All versions | 1:2.0.0-3.el6 |
openslp-devel Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server | All versions | 1:2.0.0-3.el6 |
openslp-server Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server | All versions | 1:2.0.0-3.el6 |
openslp Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::workstation | All versions | 1:2.0.0-3.el6 |
openslp-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::workstation | All versions | 1:2.0.0-3.el6 |
openslp-devel Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::workstation | All versions | 1:2.0.0-3.el6 |
openslp-server Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::workstation | All versions | 1:2.0.0-3.el6 |
openslp Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::client | All versions | 1:2.0.0-7.el7_5 |
openslp-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::client | All versions | 1:2.0.0-7.el7_5 |
openslp-devel Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::client | All versions | 1:2.0.0-7.el7_5 |
openslp-server Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::client | All versions | 1:2.0.0-7.el7_5 |
openslp Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::computenode | All versions | 1:2.0.0-7.el7_5 |
openslp-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::computenode | All versions | 1:2.0.0-7.el7_5 |
openslp-devel Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::computenode | All versions | 1:2.0.0-7.el7_5 |
openslp-server Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::computenode | All versions | 1:2.0.0-7.el7_5 |
openslp Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::server | All versions | 1:2.0.0-7.el7_5 |
openslp-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::server | All versions | 1:2.0.0-7.el7_5 |
openslp-devel Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::server | All versions | 1:2.0.0-7.el7_5 |
openslp-server Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::server | All versions | 1:2.0.0-7.el7_5 |
openslp Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::workstation | All versions | 1:2.0.0-7.el7_5 |
openslp-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::workstation | All versions | 1:2.0.0-7.el7_5 |
openslp-devel Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::workstation | All versions | 1:2.0.0-7.el7_5 |
openslp-server Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::workstation | All versions | 1:2.0.0-7.el7_5 |
openslp SUSE:Enterprise Storage 4 | All versions | 2.0.0-18.15.1 |
openslp SUSE:Enterprise Storage 4 | All versions | 2.0.0-18.17.1 |
openslp SUSE:Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP3 | All versions | 2.0.0-18.15.1 |
openslp SUSE:Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP3 | All versions | 2.0.0-18.17.1 |
openslp SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 | All versions | 2.0.0-6.3.1 |
openslp SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Server Applications 15 | All versions | 2.0.0-6.3.1 |
openslp SUSE:Linux Enterprise Point of Sale 11 SP3 | All versions | 1.2.0-172.27.3.1 |
openslp SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3-LTSS | All versions | 1.2.0-172.27.3.1 |
Products include Canonical Ubuntu Linux, Debian Debian Linux, Lenovo Bm Nextscale Fan Power Controller, Lenovo Cmm, Lenovo Fan Power Controller, Lenovo Flex System Fc3171 8gb San Switch Firmware and 32 more.
How do I fix CVE-2017-17833?
Apply the vendor's patch.
Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.
Is CVE-2017-17833 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-17833 in the wild and no public exploit code.
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Sources
Also known as CVE-2018-12938, DLA-1364-1, GHSA-r3mh-hjcg-756h, MGASA-2018-0342, RHSA-2018:2240, RHSA-2018:2308 and 8 more.