CVE-2017-12995

The DNS parser in tcpdump before 4.9.2 could enter an infinite loop due to a bug in print-domain.c:ns_print().

Score

CVSS 3.1 9.8 Critical

Status

Modified - cve@mitre.org

Published

2017-09-14

Last modified

2025-12-04

Weaknesses

CWE-125, CWE-835

Affected products

• Tcpdump (Tcpdump)

References

• http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3971
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039307
• http://www.tcpdump.org/tcpdump-changes.txt
• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHEA-2018:0705
• https://github.com/the-tcpdump-group/tcpdump/commit/3a76fd7c95fced2c2f8c8148a9055c3a542eff29
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201709-23
• https://support.apple.com/HT208221