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A vulnerability was found in Apple macOS up to 10.12.3 (Operating System). It has been rated as critical. This issue affects an unknown code of the component tcpdump. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to 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. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:
In tcpdump before 4.9.0, a bug in multiple protocol parsers (Geneve, GRE, NSH, OTV, VXLAN and VXLAN GPE) could cause a buffer overflow in print-ether.c:ether_print().
The bug was discovered 01/27/2017. The weakness was released 03/27/2017 as HT207615 as confirmed advisory (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at support.apple.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2017-5342 since 01/11/2017. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The advisory points out:
Multiple issues existed in tcpdump before 4.9.0. These were addressed by updating tcpdump to version 4.9.0.
The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 96884 (Debian DLA-809-1 : tcpdump security update), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Debian Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 370645 (F5 BIG-IP ASM Multiple tcpdump Vulnerabilities (K77384526, K04225025, K39512927, K31997425,K49144112,K94010578,K55129614)).
Upgrading to version 10.12.4 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 (96884). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at 96107, 96108, 96109 and 96110.
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Class: Memory corruptionCWE: CWE-119
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Nessus ID: 96884
Nessus Name: Debian DLA-809-1 : tcpdump security update
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OpenVAS ID: 703775
OpenVAS Name: Debian Security Advisory DSA 3775-1 (tcpdump - security update)
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Upgrade: macOS 10.12.4
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Vendor: apple.comAdvisory: HT207615
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2017-5342 (🔍)
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SecurityTracker: 1037755
SecurityFocus: 95852 - tcpdump Multiple Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities
OSVDB: - CVE-2017-5342 - tcpdump - Buffer Overflow Issue
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20180712
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Created: 03/28/2017 11:25Updated: 11/20/2022 14:21
Changes: 03/28/2017 11:25 (86), 11/20/2022 14:21 (3)
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