CVE-2017-6988 Information disclosure in n/a

What is CVE-2017-6988?

CVE-2017-6988 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Apple Mac Os X, published on 22 May 2017. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

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.

Weakness: CWE-295

Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-6988?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Apple Mac Os X.

How do I fix CVE-2017-6988?

No fix has been published for CVE-2017-6988 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2017-6988 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-6988 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-684g-2532-25mp.