Name | CVE-2020-14931 |
Description | A stack-based buffer overflow in DMitry (Deepmagic Information Gathering Tool) 1.3a might allow remote WHOIS servers to execute arbitrary code via a long line in a response that is mishandled by nic_format_buff. |
Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
References | DLA-3933-1 |
Debian Bugs | 1070370 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
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dmitry (PTS) | bullseye | 1.3a-1.1 | vulnerable |
| bullseye (security) | 1.3a-1.1+deb11u1 | fixed |
| bookworm | 1.3a-1.2+deb12u1 | fixed |
| sid, trixie | 1.3a-6 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
Notes
[buster] - dmitry <postponed> (Minor issue, requires hostile whois server)
https://github.com/jaygreig86/dmitry/issues/4
https://github.com/jaygreig86/dmitry/pull/6
Fixed by: https://github.com/jaygreig86/dmitry/commit/da1fda491145719ae15dd36dd37a69bdbba0b192