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A vulnerability was found in Apple macOS up to 10.13.1 (Operating System). It has been classified as very critical. Affected is an 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. CVE summarizes:
The OLSR parser in tcpdump before 4.9.2 has a buffer over-read in print-olsr.c:olsr_print().
The bug was discovered 09/11/2017. The weakness was presented 10/31/2017 as HT208221 as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is shared for download at support.apple.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2017-13688 since 08/25/2017. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The current price for an exploit might be approx. USD $0-$5k (estimation calculated on 01/06/2023). 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). See 106672, 108927, 108928 and 108929 for similar entries.
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Class: Memory corruptionCWE: CWE-119
ATT&CK: Unknown
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Remote: Yes
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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 🔍08/25/2017 🔍
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Sources
Vendor: apple.comAdvisory: HT208221
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2017-13688 (🔍)
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SecurityTracker: 1039307
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20180712
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Entry
Created: 11/03/2017 15:32Updated: 01/06/2023 09:46
Changes: 11/03/2017 15:32 (76), 12/04/2019 07:57 (2), 01/22/2021 17:05 (3), 01/06/2023 09:46 (3)
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