CVE-2017-12899

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Source
https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-12899
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2017-12899.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2017-12899
Downstream
Related
Published
2017-09-14T06:29:00.437Z
Modified
2026-07-08T12:05:11.285502Z
Severity
  • 9.8 (Critical) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

The DECnet parser in tcpdump before 4.9.2 has a buffer over-read in print-decnet.c:decnet_print().

Database specific 
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        {
            "cpes": [
                "cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                "cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"
            ],
            "source": "CPE_STRING",
            "extracted_events": [
                {
                    "introduced": "9.0"
                },
                {
                    "last_affected": "9.0"
                },
                {
                    "introduced": "10.0"
                },
                {
                    "last_affected": "10.0"
                }
            ],
            "vendor_product": "debian:debian_linux"
        },
        {
            "cpes": [
                "cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"
            ],
            "source": "CPE_STRING",
            "extracted_events": [
                {
                    "introduced": "7.0"
                },
                {
                    "last_affected": "7.0"
                }
            ],
            "vendor_product": "redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop"
        },
        {
            "cpes": [
                "cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"
            ],
            "source": "CPE_STRING",
            "extracted_events": [
                {
                    "introduced": "7.0"
                },
                {
                    "last_affected": "7.0"
                }
            ],
            "vendor_product": "redhat:enterprise_linux_server"
        },
        {
            "cpes": [
                "cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_aus:7.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                "cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_aus:7.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"
            ],
            "source": "CPE_STRING",
            "extracted_events": [
                {
                    "introduced": "7.6"
                },
                {
                    "last_affected": "7.6"
                },
                {
                    "introduced": "7.7"
                },
                {
                    "last_affected": "7.7"
                }
            ],
            "vendor_product": "redhat:enterprise_linux_server_aus"
        }
    ]
}
References

Affected packages

Git / github.com/the-tcpdump-group/tcpdump

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://github.com/the-tcpdump-group/tcpdump
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affected
Last affected
993a67c8e648bc8b19881e29a60f41273cfbee7b
Fixed
c6e0531b5def26ecf912e8de6ade86cbdaed3751
Fixed
f96003b21e2abfbba59b926b10a7f9bc7d11e36c
Database specific
Show details 
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    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:tcpdump:tcpdump:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
    "source": [
        "CPE_RANGE",
        "REFERENCES"
    ],
    "extracted_events": [
        {
            "introduced": "0"
        },
        {
            "last_affected": "4.9.1"
        }
    ]
}

Affected versions

tcpdump-3.*
tcpdump-3.5.1
tcpdump-3.6.1
tcpdump-3.7.1
tcpdump-3.8-bp
tcpdump-4.*
tcpdump-4.5.0
tcpdump-4.6.0
tcpdump-4.6.0-bp
tcpdump-4.7.0-bp
tcpdump-4.9.0
tcpdump-4.9.0-bp
tcpdump-4.9.1

Database specific

vanir_signatures_modified 
"2026-07-08T12:05:11Z"
source 
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vanir_signatures 
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