CVE-2017-12894
Tcpdump DNS Resource Record Over-Read Vulnerability
Description
Several protocol parsers in tcpdump before 4.9.2 could cause a buffer over-read in addrtoname.c:lookup_bytestring().
INFO
Published Date :
Sept. 14, 2017, 6:29 a.m.
Last Modified :
April 20, 2025, 1:37 a.m.
Source :
[email protected]
Remotely Exploitable :
Yes !
Impact Score :
5.9
Exploitability Score :
3.9
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CVE-2017-12894 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.
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CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Nov. 21, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3971 Added Reference http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039307 Added Reference http://www.tcpdump.org/tcpdump-changes.txt Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHEA-2018:0705 Added Reference https://github.com/the-tcpdump-group/tcpdump/commit/730fc35968c5433b9e2a829779057f4f9495dc51 Added Reference https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201709-23 Added Reference https://support.apple.com/HT208221 -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
May. 14, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value -
CWE Remap by [email protected]
Oct. 03, 2019
Action Type Old Value New Value Changed CWE CWE-119 CWE-125 -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
May. 17, 2018
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHEA-2018:0705 [No Types Assigned] -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Nov. 14, 2017
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference https://support.apple.com/HT208221 [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-3971 [No Types Assigned] -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Sep. 27, 2017
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201709-23 [No Types Assigned] -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Sep. 15, 2017
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039307 [No Types Assigned] -
Initial Analysis by [email protected]
Sep. 14, 2017
Action Type Old Value New Value Added CVSS V2 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P) Added CVSS V3 AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Changed Reference Type https://github.com/the-tcpdump-group/tcpdump/commit/730fc35968c5433b9e2a829779057f4f9495dc51 No Types Assigned https://github.com/the-tcpdump-group/tcpdump/commit/730fc35968c5433b9e2a829779057f4f9495dc51 Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type http://www.tcpdump.org/tcpdump-changes.txt No Types Assigned http://www.tcpdump.org/tcpdump-changes.txt Vendor Advisory Added CWE CWE-119 Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:tcpdump:tcpdump:4.9.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (and previous)
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration
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specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or
weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2017-12894 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-2017-12894
weaknesses.
Exploit Prediction
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.
1.12 }} 0.51%
score
0.77308
percentile