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CVE-2017-12987
CRITICAL9.8
Description
The IEEE 802.11 parser in tcpdump before 4.9.2 has a buffer over-read in print-802_11.c:parse_elements().
CVE Details
CVSS v3.1 Score9.8
SeverityCRITICAL
CVSS VectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack VectorNETWORK
ComplexityLOW
Privileges RequiredNONE
User InteractionNONE
Published9/14/2017
Last Modified4/20/2025
Sourcenvd
Honeypot Sightings0
Affected Products
debian:debian_linuxredhat:enterprise_linux_desktopredhat:enterprise_linux_serverredhat:enterprise_linux_server_austcpdump:tcpdump
Weaknesses (CWE)
CWE-125
References
http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3971(cve@mitre.org)
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039307(cve@mitre.org)
http://www.tcpdump.org/tcpdump-changes.txt(cve@mitre.org)
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHEA-2018:0705(cve@mitre.org)
https://github.com/the-tcpdump-group/tcpdump/commit/2ecb9d2c67d9119250c54811a6ce4d0f2ddf44f1(cve@mitre.org)
https://github.com/the-tcpdump-group/tcpdump/commit/99798bd9a41bd3d03fdc1e949810a38967f20ed3(cve@mitre.org)
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201709-23(cve@mitre.org)
https://support.apple.com/HT208221(cve@mitre.org)
http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3971(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039307(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.tcpdump.org/tcpdump-changes.txt(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHEA-2018:0705(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://github.com/the-tcpdump-group/tcpdump/commit/2ecb9d2c67d9119250c54811a6ce4d0f2ddf44f1(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://github.com/the-tcpdump-group/tcpdump/commit/99798bd9a41bd3d03fdc1e949810a38967f20ed3(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201709-23(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://support.apple.com/HT208221(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
IOC Correlations
No correlations recorded
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