CVE-2017-7938

Publication date 20 April 2017

Last updated 3 November 2026

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

6.6 · Medium

Score breakdown

Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in DMitry (Deepmagic Information Gathering Tool) version 1.3a (Unix) allows attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a long argument. An example threat model is automated execution of DMitry with hostname strings found in local log files.

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
dmitry 26.10 stonking
Not affected
26.04 LTS resolute
Not affected
25.10 questing Ignored end of life, was needs-triage
25.04 plucky Ignored end of life, was needs-triage
24.10 oracular Ignored end of life, was needs-triage
24.04 LTS noble
Fixed in 1.3a-3ubuntu0.1~esm1
23.10 mantic Ignored end of life, was needs-triage
22.04 LTS jammy
Fixed in 1.3a-1.2ubuntu0.22.04.1~esm1
20.04 LTS focal
Fixed in 1.3a-1ubuntu0.20.04.1~esm1
18.04 LTS bionic
Fixed in 1.3a-1ubuntu0.18.04.1~esm1
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed in 1.3a-1ubuntu0.16.04.1~esm1

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Severity score breakdown

CVSS version: CVSS v3.0

Base score 6.6 · Medium

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:H

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

    • USN-8980-1
    • DMitry vulnerabilities
    • 3 November 2026

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