CVE-2017-12865

moderate-risk
Published 2017-08-29

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.

Do I need to act?

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3.8% chance of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS score — moderate exploit probability
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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Patch status unknown
Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance
9
CVSS 9.8/10 Critical
NETWORK / LOW complexity

Affected Products (2)

Connman

Affected Vendors

Debian Intel

References (14)

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=5c281d182e...
Third Party Advisory https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201812-02
Third Party Advisory https://www.nri-secure.com/blog/new-iot-vulnerability-connmando
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=5c281d182e...
Third Party Advisory https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201812-02
Third Party Advisory https://www.nri-secure.com/blog/new-iot-vulnerability-connmando
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/ 100
moderate-risk
Severity 32/34 · Critical
Exploitability 7/34 · Low
Exposure 7/34 · Low