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High severity · published Sep 21, 2016
CVE-2016-5017
Buffer overflow in the C cli shell in Apache Zookeeper before 3.4.9 and 3.5.x before 3.5.3, when using the "cmd:" batch mode syntax, allows attackers to have unspecified impact…
8.1
CVSS
6.8%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Buffer overflow in the C cli shell in Apache Zookeeper before 3.4.9 and 3.5.x before 3.5.3, when using the "cmd:" batch mode syntax, allows attackers to have unspecified impact via a long command string.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
High
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)6.8% · higher than 94% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
ZO
Zookeeper · Apache
through 3.4.8; 3.5.0; 3.5.1; 3.5.2 · source: NVD
Affected product
ZO
Zookeeper
Apache
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-5017
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-5017
Exploit
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/138755/ZooKeeper-3.4.8-3.5.2-Buffer-Overflow.html
Release Notes
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/17/3
www.securityfocus.com
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93044
git-wip-us.apache.org
https://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf?p=zookeeper.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=27ecf981a15554dc8e64a28630af7a5c9e2bdf4f
git-wip-us.apache.org
https://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf?p=zookeeper.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=f09154d6648eeb4ec5e1ac8a2bacbd2f8c87c14a
lists.apache.org
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/053d9ce4d579b02203db18545fee5e33f35f2932885459b74d1e4272%40%3Cissues.activemq.apache.org%3E
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