CVE-2017-12893
tcpdump - security update
9.8
CRITICAL
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.60%
Description
The SMB/CIFS parser in tcpdump before 4.9.2 has a buffer over-read in smbutil.c:name_len().
How to fix CVE-2017-12893
To remediate CVE-2017-12893, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Debian/tcpdump—upgrade to 4.9.2-1 or later
- Debian/tcpdump—upgrade to 4.9.2-1~deb7u1 or later
Is CVE-2017-12893 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.6%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (2)
- from 0, < 4.9.2-1
- from 0, < 4.9.2-1~deb7u1
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | CRITICAL9.8 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |