NULL Pointer Dereference and Application Crash in NetworkInterface::getHost Function

NULL Pointer Dereference and Application Crash in NetworkInterface::getHost Function

CVE-2017-7458 · MEDIUM Severity

AV:N/AC:L/AU:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

The NetworkInterface::getHost function in NetworkInterface.cpp in ntopng before 3.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via an empty field that should have contained a hostname or IP address.

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