USN-8980-1: DMitry vulnerabilities

Publication date

3 November 2026

Overview

Several security issues were fixed in DMitry.


Packages

  • dmitry - Deepmagic Information Gathering Tool

Details

It was discovered that DMitry incorrectly handled long arguments, leading
to a stack-based buffer overflow. An attacker could possibly use this issue
to cause DMitry to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly
execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2017-7938)

It was discovered that DMitry incorrectly handled long lines in WHOIS
responses, leading to a stack-based buffer overflow. A remote attacker
could possibly use this issue to cause DMitry to crash, resulting in a
denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2020-14931)

It was discovered that DMitry contained a format string vulnerability. An
attacker could possibly use this issue to cause DMitry to crash, resulting
in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code.
(CVE-2024-31837)

It was discovered that DMitry incorrectly handled long arguments, leading
to a stack-based buffer overflow. An attacker could possibly use this issue
to cause DMitry to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly
execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2017-7938)

It was discovered that DMitry incorrectly handled long lines in WHOIS
responses, leading to a stack-based buffer overflow. A remote attacker
could possibly use this issue to cause DMitry to crash, resulting in a
denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2020-14931)

It was discovered that DMitry contained a format string vulnerability. An
attacker could possibly use this issue to cause DMitry to crash, resulting
in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code.
(CVE-2024-31837)

Update instructions

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

Learn more about how to get the fixes.

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu Release Package Version
24.04 LTS noble dmitry –  1.3a-3ubuntu0.1~esm1  
22.04 LTS jammy dmitry –  1.3a-1.2ubuntu0.22.04.1~esm1  
20.04 LTS focal dmitry –  1.3a-1ubuntu0.20.04.1~esm1  
18.04 LTS bionic dmitry –  1.3a-1ubuntu0.18.04.1~esm1  
16.04 LTS xenial dmitry –  1.3a-1ubuntu0.16.04.1~esm1

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