CVE-2017-12463 Denial of service in n/a
Attackers can cause a denial of service via memory consumption in CCN-lite by sending packets with unknown formats.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2017-12463?
CVE-2017-12463 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 7 Feb 2018. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Memory leak in the ccnl_app_RX function in ccnl-uapi.c in CCN-lite before 2.00 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via vectors involving an envelope_s structure pointer when the packet format is unknown.
Weakness: CWE-772
Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-12463?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Ccn-Lite Ccn-Lite.
How do I fix CVE-2017-12463?
No fix has been published for CVE-2017-12463 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2017-12463 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-12463 in the wild and no public exploit code.
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- CVE-2018-6948 Memory corruption in n/a
- CVE-2018-6953 Memory corruption in n/a
- CVE-2017-12465 Multiple integer overflows in CCN-lite before 2.00 allow context-dependent attackers to have unspecified impact via vectors involving the (1
Sources
Also known as GHSA-7jc3-jgh2-x9w6.