CVE-2017-12990

CRITICAL

Tcpdump < 4.9.1 - Infinite Loop

Title source: rule

Description

The ISAKMP parser in tcpdump before 4.9.2 could enter an infinite loop due to bugs in print-isakmp.c, several functions.

References (7)

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039307

[Vendor Advisory] http://www.tcpdump.org/tcpdump-changes.txt

[Vendor Advisory] https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHEA-2018:0705

[Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory] https://github.com/the-tcpdump-group/tcpdump/commit/c2ef693866beae071a24b45c49f9674af1df4028

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[Third Party Advisory] http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3971

[Third Party Advisory] https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201709-23

[Vendor Advisory] https://support.apple.com/HT208221

Scores

CVSS v3 9.8

EPSS 0.0112

EPSS Percentile 77.9%

Attack Vector NETWORK

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Classification

CWE

CWE-125 CWE-835

Status draft

Affected Products (1)

tcpdump/tcpdump < 4.9.1

Timeline

Published Sep 14, 2017

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026