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FKIE_CVE-2017-12987

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2017-09-14 06:29 - Updated: 2026-06-17 01:04

Severity

9.8 (Critical) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Summary

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

References

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

Impacted products

Vendor	Product	Version
tcpdump	tcpdump	*
debian	debian_linux	9.0
debian	debian_linux	10.0
redhat	enterprise_linux_desktop	7.0
redhat	enterprise_linux_server	7.0
redhat	enterprise_linux_server_aus	7.6
redhat	enterprise_linux_server_aus	7.7

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CVE-2017-12987 (GCVE-0-2017-12987)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2017-09-14 06:00 – Updated: 2024-08-05 18:51

Summary

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

Severity

No CVSS data available.

CWE

Assigner

mitre mitre root

References

8 references

URL	Tags
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201709-23	vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
https://support.apple.com/HT208221	x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3971	vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039307	vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
https://github.com/the-tcpdump-group/tcpdump/comm…	x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://github.com/the-tcpdump-group/tcpdump/comm…	x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://www.tcpdump.org/tcpdump-changes.txt	x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHEA-2018:0705	vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT

Date Public

2017-09-14 00:00

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CVE-2017-12987 (GCVE-0-2017-12987)

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