4.4
MEDIUM
CVE-2017-12153
Linux Kernel nl80211 Denial of Service Buffer Overread
Description

A security flaw was discovered in the nl80211_set_rekey_data() function in net/wireless/nl80211.c in the Linux kernel through 4.13.3. This function does not check whether the required attributes are present in a Netlink request. This request can be issued by a user with the CAP_NET_ADMIN capability and may result in a NULL pointer dereference and system crash.

INFO

Published Date :

Sept. 21, 2017, 3:29 p.m.

Last Modified :

Nov. 21, 2024, 3:08 a.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

No

Impact Score :

3.6

Exploitability Score :

0.8
Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github

CVE-2017-12153 has a 1 public PoC/Exploit available at Github. Go to the Public Exploits tab to see the list.

Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2017-12153 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Linux linux_kernel
1 Canonical ubuntu_linux
1 Debian debian_linux
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2017-12153.

URL Resource
http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2017/q3/437 Mailing List Patch Third Party Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3981 Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100855 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1058410 Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1491046 Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jberg/mac80211.git/commit/?id=e785fa0a164aa11001cba931367c7f94ffaff888 Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory
https://marc.info/?t=150525503100001&r=1&w=2 Patch Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3583-1/ Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3583-2/ Third Party Advisory
http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2017/q3/437 Mailing List Patch Third Party Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3981 Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100855 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1058410 Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1491046 Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jberg/mac80211.git/commit/?id=e785fa0a164aa11001cba931367c7f94ffaff888 Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory
https://marc.info/?t=150525503100001&r=1&w=2 Patch Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3583-1/ Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3583-2/ Third Party Advisory

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The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2017-12153 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2017-12153 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Oct. 09, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CWE Red Hat, Inc. CWE-476
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Aug. 30, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CVSS V2 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C) (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
    Changed CVSS V3 AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
    Changed Reference Type http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3981 No Types Assigned http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3981 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://usn.ubuntu.com/3583-2/ No Types Assigned https://usn.ubuntu.com/3583-2/ Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://usn.ubuntu.com/3583-1/ No Types Assigned https://usn.ubuntu.com/3583-1/ Third Party Advisory
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:*:*:*:esm:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Mar. 16, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://usn.ubuntu.com/3583-2/ [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://usn.ubuntu.com/3583-1/ [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Nov. 06, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3981 [No Types Assigned]
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Oct. 04, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V2 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C)
    Added CVSS V3 AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
    Changed Reference Type https://marc.info/?t=150525503100001&r=1&w=2 No Types Assigned https://marc.info/?t=150525503100001&r=1&w=2 Patch, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1058410 No Types Assigned https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1058410 Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1491046 No Types Assigned https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1491046 Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100855 No Types Assigned http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100855 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
    Changed Reference Type https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jberg/mac80211.git/commit/?id=e785fa0a164aa11001cba931367c7f94ffaff888 No Types Assigned https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jberg/mac80211.git/commit/?id=e785fa0a164aa11001cba931367c7f94ffaff888 Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2017/q3/437 No Types Assigned http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2017/q3/437 Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
    Added CWE CWE-476
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:4.13.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (and previous)
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Sep. 23, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100855 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Sep. 22, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed Reference https://marc.info/?t=150525503100001&r=1&w=2 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://marc.info/?t=150525503100001&r=1&w=2 [No Types Assigned]
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2017-12153 is associated with the following CWEs:

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC) stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2017-12153 weaknesses.

Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

0.06 }} 0.00%

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0.24592

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