CVE-2017-12995 Information

Description

The DNS parser in tcpdump before 4.9.2 could enter an infinite loop due to a bug in print-domain.c:ns_print().

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Reference

http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3971 http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039307 http://www.tcpdump.org/tcpdump-changes.txt https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHEA-2018:0705 https://github.com/the-tcpdump-group/tcpdump/commit/3a76fd7c95fced2c2f8c8148a9055c3a542eff29 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201709-23 https://support.apple.com/HT208221

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction Required

NONE

Scope

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

NONE

Base Score

HIGH

Base Severity

7.5