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A vulnerability classified as very critical has been found in Apple macOS up to 10.13.1 (Operating System). This affects some unknown functionality of the component tcpdump. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:
The telnet parser in tcpdump before 4.9.2 has a buffer over-read in print-telnet.c:telnet_parse().
The bug was discovered 09/11/2017. The weakness was shared 10/31/2017 as HT208221 as confirmed advisory (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at support.apple.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2017-12988 since 08/21/2017. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The pricing for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 01/05/2023). It is expected to see the exploit prices for this product increasing in the near future. The advisory points out:
Multiple issues were addressed by updating to version 4.9.2.
The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 100472 (AIX 5.3 TL 12 : tcpdump (IV94729)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family AIX Local Security Checks and running in the context l.
Upgrading to version 10.13.1 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.
The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (100472). The entries 21822, 21823, 106590 and 106591 are related to this item.
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CPE 2.3
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VulDB Meta Base Score: 9.8VulDB Meta Temp Score: 9.6
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Class: Memory corruptionCWE: CWE-119
ATT&CK: Unknown
Local: No
Remote: Yes
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Status: Not defined
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Nessus ID: 100472
Nessus Name: AIX 5.3 TL 12 : tcpdump (IV94729)
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OpenVAS ID: 53377
OpenVAS Name: Debian Security Advisory DSA 3971-1 (tcpdump - security update)
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Recommended: UpgradeStatus: 🔍
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Upgrade: macOS 10.13.1
Patch: github.com
Timeline
05/30/2017 🔍08/21/2017 🔍
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Sources
Vendor: apple.comAdvisory: HT208221
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2017-12988 (🔍)
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SecurityTracker: 1039307
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20180712
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Entry
Created: 11/03/2017 15:26Updated: 01/05/2023 16:02
Changes: 11/03/2017 15:26 (76), 12/03/2019 15:50 (3), 01/22/2021 12:00 (2), 01/05/2023 16:02 (3)
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