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Unscored USN-3491-1 3 CVEs

ldns vulnerabilities

Published Nov 22, 2017 · Updated Apr 22, 2026

Summary

Leon Weber discovered that the ldns-keygen tool incorrectly set permissions
on private keys. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to obtain
generated private keys. This issue only applied to Ubuntu 14.04 LTS.
(CVE-2014-3209)

Stephan Zeisberg discovered that ldns incorrectly handled memory when
processing data. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause ldns to
crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary
code. (CVE-2017-1000231, CVE-2017-1000232)

Fixed packages 2

ReleasePackageFixed in
Ubuntu · 14.04 LTS 14.04:LTS ldns 1.6.17-1ubuntu0.1
Ubuntu · 16.04 LTS 16.04:LTS ldns 1.6.17-8ubuntu0.1

Vulnerabilities 3

References

  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-3209
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-1000231
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-1000232