CVE-2017-12901

Summary

CVECVE-2017-12901
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2017-09-14 06:29:00 UTC
Updated2019-10-03 00:03:00 UTC
DescriptionThe EIGRP parser in tcpdump before 4.9.2 has a buffer over-read in print-eigrp.c:eigrp_print().

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-125

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Tcpdump Tcpdump All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
www.tcpdump.org/tcpdump-changes.txt CONFIRM www.tcpdump.org Vendor Advisory
About the security content of macOS High Sierra 10.13.1, Security Update 2017-001 Sierra, and Security Update 2017-004 El Capitan - Apple Support CONFIRM support.apple.com
CVE-2017-12901/EIGRP: Do more length checks. · the-tcpdump-group/tcpdump@de981e6 · GitHub CONFIRM github.com Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
Tcpdump: Multiple vulnerabilities (GLSA 201709-23) — Gentoo security GENTOO security.gentoo.org
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-3971-1 tcpdump DEBIAN www.debian.org
Tcpdump Multiple Flaws Let Remote Users View Potentially Sensitive Information, Deny Service, and Execute Arbitrary Code - SecurityTracker SECTRACK www.securitytracker.com
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT access.redhat.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 710483 Gentoo Linux Tcpdump Multiple Vulnerabilities (GLSA 201709-23)

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