CVE-2017-13690

critical
Published 2017-09-14 · Modified 2026-05-13
CVSS v3
9.8
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v2
7.5
VIR risk
9.8

Description

The IKEv2 parser in tcpdump before 4.9.2 has a buffer over-read in print-isakmp.c, several functions.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
97%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-13690

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: suse — https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-13690.html

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: cve@mitre.org — https://github.com/the-tcpdump-group/tcpdump/commit/8dca25d26c7ca2caf6138267f6f17111212c156e

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: cve@mitre.org — http://www.tcpdump.org/tcpdump-changes.txt

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: arch — https://security.archlinux.org/ASA-201709-5

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
arch archfixed4.9.2-1
suse slesaffected
debian debianbookwormfixed4.9.2-1
debian debianbullseyefixed4.9.2-1
debian debianforkyfixed4.9.2-1
debian debiansidfixed4.9.2-1
debian debiantrixiefixed4.9.2-1

Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
tcpdumptcpdump{"endIncluding":"4.9.1"}

References

CWEs

CWE-125

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.