Critical severity · published Aug 29, 2017
CVE-2017-12865
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…
9.8
CVSS
5.5%
EPSS
No
On KEV
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)5.5% · higher than 93% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
CO
Connman · Intel
through 1.34 · source: NVD
DL
Debian Linux · Debian
8.0 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-12865
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-12865
Third Party Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3956
Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100498
Vendor Advisory
https://01.org/security/intel-oss-10001/intel-oss-10001
Issue Tracking
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1483720
Issue Tracking
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/network/connman/connman.git/commit/?id=5c281d182ecdd0a424b64f7698f32467f8f67b71
Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201812-02
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