CCN-lite up to 1.x ccnl-ext-mgmt.c ccnl_malloc null pointer dereference

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A vulnerability was found in CCN-lite up to 1.x. It has been classified as problematic. Affected is the function ccnl_malloc of the file ccnl-ext-mgmt.c. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a null pointer dereference vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-476. A NULL pointer dereference occurs when the application dereferences a pointer that it expects to be valid, but is NULL, typically causing a crash or exit. This is going to have an impact on availability. CVE summarizes:

ccnl-ext-mgmt.c in CCN-lite before 2.00 allows context-dependent attackers to have unspecified impact by leveraging missing NULL pointer checks after ccnl_malloc.

The bug was discovered 08/08/2017. The weakness was presented 02/07/2018 (GitHub Repository). The advisory is available at github.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2017-12472 since 08/04/2017. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. Technical details are known, but there is no available exploit.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 183 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k.

Upgrading to version 2.00 eliminates this vulnerability.

See VDB-112939, VDB-112937, VDB-112936 and VDB-112935 for similar entries.

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CCN-lite

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Class: Null pointer dereference
CWE: CWE-476 / CWE-404
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: CCN-lite 2.00

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08/04/2017 🔍
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Advisory: 138
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CVE: CVE-2017-12472 (🔍)
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Entryinfo

Created: 02/08/2018 06:57 AM
Updated: 02/03/2023 08:10 PM
Changes: 02/08/2018 06:57 AM (59), 01/02/2020 02:04 PM (2), 02/03/2023 08:10 PM (5)
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