CVE-2017-5897

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Summary

CVECVE-2017-5897
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2017-03-23 16:59:00 UTC
Updated2022-11-03 02:25:00 UTC
DescriptionThe ip6gre_err function in net/ipv6/ip6_gre.c in the Linux kernel allows remote attackers to have unspecified impact via vectors involving GRE flags in an IPv6 packet, which trigger an out-of-bounds access.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-125

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 14.04 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 8.0 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel All All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel - All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel - All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Android Security Bulletin—September 2017  |  Android Open Source Project CONFIRM source.android.com
oss-security - Re: CVE Request: Linux: ip6_gre: invalid reads in ip6gre_err() MLIST www.openwall.com Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
kernel/git/davem/net.git - David Miller's networking tree CONFIRM git.kernel.org Patch, Third Party Advisory
Linux Kernel IPv6 Out-of-bounds Memory Read Bug Lets Remote Users Obtain Potentially Sensitive Information on the Target System - SecurityTracker SECTRACK www.securitytracker.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Linux kernel 'ip6_gre.c' Denial of Service Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
USN-3754-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities | Ubuntu security notices | Ubuntu UBUNTU usn.ubuntu.com
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-3791-1 linux DEBIAN www.debian.org
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 670634 EulerOS Security Update for kernel (EulerOS-SA-2021-2392)
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