CVE-2017-6988

An issue was discovered in certain Apple products. macOS before 10.12.5 is affected. The issue involves the "802.1X" component. It allows remote attackers to discover the network credentials of arbitrary users by operating a crafted network that requires 802.1X authentication, because EAP-TLS certificate validation mishandles certificate changes.

Score

CVSS 3.0 5.9 Medium

Status

Modified - product-security@apple.com

Published

2017-05-22

Last modified

2024-08-05

Weaknesses

CWE-295

Affected products

• Mac Os X (Apple)

References

• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038484
• https://support.apple.com/HT207797