PT-2018-5410 · Ccn-Lite · Ccn-Lite

Eric Sesterhenn · Published 2018-02-07 · Updated 2018-02-22 · CVE-2017-12471

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

9.8

Critical

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: CCN-lite versions prior to 2.00

Description: The issue is related to the cnb parse lev function, which fails to check for out-of-bounds conditions. This failure triggers an invalid read in the hexdump function, allowing context-dependent attackers to have an unspecified impact.

Recommendations: For versions prior to 2.00, update to version 2.00 or later to resolve the issue.

Fix

Buffer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-119

Related Identifiers

CVE-2017-12471

Affected Products

Ccn-Lite

References · 4

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-12471 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-12471 · Vendor Advisory
• https://github.com/cn-uofbasel/ccn-lite/releases/tag/2.0.0 · Note
• https://github.com/cn-uofbasel/ccn-lite/issues/137 · Note