UBUNTU-CVE-2018-17019

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-17019
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2018/UBUNTU-CVE-2018-17019.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2018-17019
Upstream
Published
2018-09-13T19:29:00Z
Modified
2025-09-08T16:45:01Z
Severity
  • 7.5 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
  • Ubuntu - medium
Summary
[none]
Details

In Bro through 2.5.5, there is a DoS in IRC protocol names command parsing in analyzer/protocol/irc/IRC.cc.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS / bro

Package

Name
bro
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/bro@2.4.1+dfsg-2build1?arch=source&distro=esm-apps/xenial

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

2.*

2.4+dfsg-1
2.4.1+dfsg-1
2.4.1+dfsg-2
2.4.1+dfsg-2build1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "2.4.1+dfsg-2build1",
            "binary_name": "bro"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2.4.1+dfsg-2build1",
            "binary_name": "bro-common"
        }
    ]
}

Ubuntu:Pro:18.04:LTS / bro

Package

Name
bro
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/bro@2.5.3-1build1?arch=source&distro=esm-apps/bionic

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

2.*

2.5.1-1build1
2.5.2-1
2.5.2-2
2.5.3-1
2.5.3-1build1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "2.5.3-1build1",
            "binary_name": "bro"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2.5.3-1build1",
            "binary_name": "bro-common"
        }
    ]
}