CVE-2017-20161

A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in rofl0r MacGeiger. Affected is the function dump_wlan_at of the file macgeiger.c of the component ESSID Handler. The manipulation leads to injection. Access to the local network is required for this attack to succeed. The complexity of an attack is rather high. The exploitability is told to be difficult. The name of the patch is 57f1dd50a4821b8c8e676e8020006ae4bfd3c9cb. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue. The identifier of this vulnerability is VDB-217188.
References
Link Resource
https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.217188 Third Party Advisory
https://vuldb.com/?id.217188 Permissions Required Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/rofl0r/MacGeiger/commit/57f1dd50a4821b8c8e676e8020006ae4bfd3c9cb Patch Third Party Advisory
Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:macgeiger_project:macgeiger:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

07 Nov 2023, 02:43

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CWE CWE-74

20 Oct 2023, 12:15

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CWE CWE-74
Summary A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in rofl0r MacGeiger. Affected is the function dump_wlan_at of the file macgeiger.c of the component ESSID Handler. The manipulation leads to injection. Access to the local network is required for this attack to succeed. The name of the patch is 57f1dd50a4821b8c8e676e8020006ae4bfd3c9cb. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue. The identifier of this vulnerability is VDB-217188. A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in rofl0r MacGeiger. Affected is the function dump_wlan_at of the file macgeiger.c of the component ESSID Handler. The manipulation leads to injection. Access to the local network is required for this attack to succeed. The complexity of an attack is rather high. The exploitability is told to be difficult. The name of the patch is 57f1dd50a4821b8c8e676e8020006ae4bfd3c9cb. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue. The identifier of this vulnerability is VDB-217188.

Information

Published : 2023-01-02 16:15

Updated : 2024-05-17 01:17


NVD link : CVE-2017-20161

Mitre link : CVE-2017-20161


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Products Affected

macgeiger_project

  • macgeiger
CWE
CWE-74

Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in Output Used by a Downstream Component ('Injection')