CVE-2017-12865
critical
CVSS v3
9.8
CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
9.8
Description
Stack-based buffer overflow in "dnsproxy.c" in connman 1.34 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or execute arbitrary code via a crafted response query string passed to the "name" variable.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
97%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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OS impact
Debian Mixed 6 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| trixie | Fixed | 1.35-1 |
| sid | Fixed | 1.35-1 |
| forky | Fixed | 1.35-1 |
| bullseye | Fixed | 1.35-1 |
| bookworm | Fixed | 1.35-1 |
| 8.0 | Affected | — |
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| intel | connman | {"endIncluding":"1.34"} | |
References
- http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3956
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100498
- https://01.org/security/intel-oss-10001/intel-oss-10001
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1483720
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/network/connman/connman.git/commit/?id=5c281d182ecdd0a424b64f7698f32467f8f67b71
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201812-02
- https://www.nri-secure.com/blog/new-iot-vulnerability-connmando
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-12865
CWEs
CWE-119
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
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