CVE-2015-1817 – Stack-based buffer overflow in the inet_pton function in network/inet_pto

Stack-based buffer overflow in the inet_pton function in network/inet_pton.c in musl libc 0.9.15 through 1.0.4, and 1.1.0 through 1.1.7 allows attackers to have unspecified impact via unknown vectors.

Source: https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-1817

Reference (s):

• BID:73408
• URL: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/73408
• MLIST:[oss-security] 20150330 Security advisory for musl libc – stack-based buffer overflow in ipv6 literal parsing [CVE-2015-1817]
• URL: http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/03/30/3