CVE-2017-6988 (GCVE-0-2017-6988)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2017-05-22 04:54
Modified
2024-08-05 15:49
Severity ?
CWE
  • n/a
Summary
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.
References
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038484 vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK
https://support.apple.com/HT207797 x_refsource_CONFIRM
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
n/a n/a Version: n/a
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