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.
Published: 2017-05-22
Score: 5.9 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2017-16026 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.
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Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: apple

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-05T15:49:02.660Z

Reserved: 2017-03-17T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2017-6988

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Status : Modified

Published: 2017-05-22T05:29:03.083

Modified: 2026-05-13T00:24:29.033

Link: CVE-2017-6988

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