CVE-2017-12865
CRITICAL
9.8
CVSS Score
Published: August 29, 2017 at 04:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 01:04 AM UTC
2 products affected across 2 vendorsDebian LinuxConnman
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Severity
CRITICAL9.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 6%
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.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
Debian Linux· Debiandrupal
95%Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
- http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3956
- 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
References (7)
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3956VDB Entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100498x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://01.org/security/intel-oss-10001/intel-oss-10001x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1483720x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/network/connman/connman.git/commit/?id=5c281d182ecdd0a424b64f7698f32467f8f67b71Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201812-02x_refsource_MISCThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://www.nri-secure.com/blog/new-iot-vulnerability-connmandoCVSS
- Attack Vector
- NETWORK
- Complexity
- LOW
- Privileges
- NONE
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- HIGH
- Integrity
- HIGH
- Availability
- HIGH
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-119
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