CVE-2017-9074

Description

The IPv6 fragmentation implementation in the Linux kernel through 4.11.1 does not consider that the nexthdr field may be associated with an invalid option, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and BUG) or possibly have unspecified other impact via crafted socket and send system calls.

References

https://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/763117/

https://help.ecostruxureit.com/display/public/UADCE725/Security+fixes+in+StruxureWare+Data+Center+Expert+v7.6.0

https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/2423496af35d94a87156b063ea5cedffc10a70a1

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0169

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2669

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2077

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1842

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98577

http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3886

http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=2423496af35d94a87156b063ea5cedffc10a70a1

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Risk Information

CVSS v2

CVSS v3