CVE-2017-17066
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedThe (1) i2pd before 2.17 and (2) kovri pre-alpha implementations of the I2P routing protocol do not properly handle Garlic DeliveryTypeTunnel packets, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information from process memory via crafted packets that trigger a buffer over-read, as demonstrated by reading sensitive router memory, aka the GarlicRust bug.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · high confidenceA buffer over-read vulnerability in i2pd (before v2.17) and kovri (pre-alpha) I2P router implementations allows remote attackers to read sensitive process memory via specially crafted Garlic DeliveryTypeTunnel packets that trigger excessive data reading beyond buffer boundaries.
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Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.
NVD · CPE dataall versions<= 2.16.0CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- None
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Identify i2pd installationRun 'i2pd --version' or check the installed package version using your system's package manager (dpkg -l i2pd, rpm -qi i2pd, or equivalent)Affected if The installed version is 2.16.0 or earlier
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Identify kovri installationCheck for kovri binary or package installation using your system's package manager or by searching for the kovri executable in common paths (/usr/bin/kovri, /usr/local/bin/kovri)Affected if Kovri is installed at any version (all versions are vulnerable)
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Confirm i2pd is runningCheck if the i2pd service or process is active using 'systemctl status i2pd', 'ps aux | grep i2pd', or by querying if the I2P router ports (typically 7654, 7650-7656) are listeningAffected if The i2pd service is running and accepting connections, as the vulnerability is triggered by processing incoming Garlic tunnel packets
You are affected if you are running i2pd version 2.16.0 or earlier with the service active, or if you have any version of kovri installed and running, as the buffer over-read occurs when processing specially crafted Garlic DeliveryTypeTunnel packets.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
From vendor dataUpgrade i2pd to version 2.17 or later; for kovri, monitor for vendor patches as it was pre-alpha at time of disclosure. Consider network filtering of malformed Garlic tunnel packets as a temporary workaround.
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References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.
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