CVE-2017-12985 | BDVDB-2026-90402 Detail
Description#
The IPv6 parser in tcpdump before 4.9.2 has a buffer over-read in print-ip6.c:ip6_print().
Impact#
Per CVSS v3.1: confidentiality impact high, integrity impact high, availability impact high. Attack vector: network.
Weaknesses#
- CWE-125 Out-of-bounds Read
References#
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201709-23
- https://support.apple.com/HT208221
- http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3971
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039307
- https://github.com/the-tcpdump-group/tcpdump/commit/66df248b49095c261138b5a5e34d341a6bf9ac7f
- http://www.tcpdump.org/tcpdump-changes.txt
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHEA-2018:0705
Exploit#
No public exploit known
History#
- Version 1Record published in the CVE List.
- Version 2Most recent update recorded in the CVE List.