CVE-2017-17805

Summary

CVECVE-2017-17805
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2017-12-20 23:29:00 UTC
Updated2023-01-19 15:45:00 UTC
DescriptionThe Salsa20 encryption algorithm in the Linux kernel before 4.14.8 does not correctly handle zero-length inputs, allowing a local attacker able to use the AF_ALG-based skcipher interface (CONFIG_CRYPTO_USER_API_SKCIPHER) to cause a denial of service (uninitialized-memory free and kernel crash) or have unspecified other impact by executing a crafted sequence of system calls that use the blkcipher_walk API. Both the generic implementation (crypto/salsa20_generic.c) and x86 implementation (arch/x86/crypto/salsa20_glue.c) of Salsa20 were vulnerable.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-20

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 12.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 14.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 16.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 17.10 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 8.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 9.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 9.0 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel All All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel All All All All
Operating System Opensuse Leap 42.2 All All All
Operating System Opensuse Leap 42.2 All All All
Operating System Opensuse Project Leap 42.3 All All All
Operating System Opensuse Project Leap 42.3 All All All
Operating System Suse Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 sp2 All All
Operating System Suse Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 sp3 All All
Operating System Suse Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 sp2 All All
Operating System Suse Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 sp3 All All
Operating System Suse Linux Enterprise Server 11 extra All All
Operating System Suse Linux Enterprise Server 11 sp4 All All
Operating System Suse Linux Enterprise Server 12 sp2 All All
Operating System Suse Linux Enterprise Server 12 sp3 All All
Operating System Suse Linux Enterprise Server 11 extra All All
Operating System Suse Linux Enterprise Server 11 sp4 All All
Operating System Suse Linux Enterprise Server 12 sp2 All All
Operating System Suse Linux Enterprise Server 12 sp3 All All
Operating System Suse Linux Enterprise Server For Raspberry Pi 12 sp2 All All
Operating System Suse Linux Enterprise Server For Raspberry Pi 12 sp2 All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
[security-announce] SUSE-SU-2018:0012-1: important: Security update for SUSE lists.opensuse.org Third Party Advisory
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-4082-1 linux DEBIAN www.debian.org
www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.14.8 CONFIRM www.kernel.org Issue Tracking, Release Notes
Linux kernel Multiple CVE-2017-17805 Local Denial of Service Vulnerabilities BID www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
USN-3619-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities | Ubuntu security notices UBUNTU usn.ubuntu.com
[SECURITY] [DLA 1232-1] linux security update MLIST lists.debian.org
USN-3617-2: Linux (HWE) vulnerabilities | Ubuntu security notices | Ubuntu UBUNTU usn.ubuntu.com
[security-announce] SUSE-SU-2018:0010-1: important: Security update for SUSE lists.opensuse.org Third Party Advisory
USN-3619-2: Linux kernel (Xenial HWE) vulnerabilities | Ubuntu security notices UBUNTU usn.ubuntu.com
USN-3617-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities | Ubuntu security notices UBUNTU usn.ubuntu.com
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT access.redhat.com
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT access.redhat.com
USN-3620-2: Linux kernel (Trusty HWE) vulnerabilities | Ubuntu security notices UBUNTU usn.ubuntu.com
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-4073-1 linux DEBIAN www.debian.org Third Party Advisory
[security-announce] SUSE-SU-2018:0011-1: important: Security update for SUSE lists.opensuse.org Third Party Advisory
USN-3617-3: Linux kernel (Raspberry Pi 2) vulnerabilities | Ubuntu security notices UBUNTU usn.ubuntu.com
USN-3620-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities | Ubuntu security notices UBUNTU usn.ubuntu.com
kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git - Linux kernel source tree CONFIRM git.kernel.org Patch
crypto: salsa20 - fix blkcipher_walk API usage · torvalds/linux@ecaaab5 · GitHub CONFIRM github.com Patch
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2018:0022-1: important: Security update SUSE lists.opensuse.org Third Party Advisory
USN-3632-1: Linux kernel (Azure) vulnerabilities | Ubuntu security notices UBUNTU usn.ubuntu.com
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2018:0023-1: important: Security update SUSE lists.opensuse.org Third Party Advisory
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT access.redhat.com
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT access.redhat.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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