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CVE-2017-12987

The IEEE 802.11 parser in tcpdump before 4.9.2 has a buffer over-read in print-802_11.c:parse_elements().

Published

2017-09-14T06:29:00.653

Last Modified

2025-04-20T01:37:25.860

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv3.1: 9.8 (CRITICAL)

CVSSv2 Vector

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

Access Vector: NETWORK
Access Complexity: LOW
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: PARTIAL
Integrity Impact: PARTIAL
Availability Impact: PARTIAL

Exploitability Score

10.0

Impact Score

6.4

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-125

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	tcpdump	tcpdump	≤ 4.9.1	Yes
Operating System	debian	debian_linux	9.0	Yes
Operating System	debian	debian_linux	10.0	Yes
Operating System	redhat	enterprise_linux_desktop	7.0	Yes
Operating System	redhat	enterprise_linux_server	7.0	Yes
Operating System	redhat	enterprise_linux_server_aus	7.6	Yes
Operating System	redhat	enterprise_linux_server_aus	7.7	Yes

References

http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3971 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039307 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry ([email protected])
http://www.tcpdump.org/tcpdump-changes.txt Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHEA-2018:0705 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://github.com/the-tcpdump-group/tcpdump/commit/2ecb9d2c67d9119250c54811a6ce4d0f2ddf44f1 Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://github.com/the-tcpdump-group/tcpdump/commit/99798bd9a41bd3d03fdc1e949810a38967f20ed3 Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201709-23 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://support.apple.com/HT208221 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3971 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039307 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.tcpdump.org/tcpdump-changes.txt Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHEA-2018:0705 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://github.com/the-tcpdump-group/tcpdump/commit/2ecb9d2c67d9119250c54811a6ce4d0f2ddf44f1 Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://github.com/the-tcpdump-group/tcpdump/commit/99798bd9a41bd3d03fdc1e949810a38967f20ed3 Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201709-23 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://support.apple.com/HT208221 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)