CVE-2008-5297

Severity: high (CVSS 7.6 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 18.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2008-12-01 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-119

Description

Buffer overflow in No-IP DUC 2.1.7 and earlier allows remote HTTP servers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted response to a DNS update request, related to a missing length check in the GetNextLine function.

Affected products

Vitalwerks No-Ip Duc: through 2.1.7; 2.0.3, 2.1, 2.1.5

References

http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=506179
http://git.debian.org/?p=collab-maint/no-ip.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=60ed93621ff36d9731ba5d9f9336d6eb91122302
http://secunia.com/advisories/32761
http://secunia.com/advisories/33138
http://secunia.com/advisories/33610
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200901-12.xml
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4672
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1686
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/11/21/15
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32344
http://xenomuta.tuxfamily.org/exploits/noIPwn3r.c
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46696

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