CVE-2017-5970

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Summary

CVECVE-2017-5970
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2017-02-14 06:59:00 UTC
Updated2019-10-03 00:03:00 UTC
DescriptionThe ipv4_pktinfo_prepare function in net/ipv4/ip_sockglue.c in the Linux kernel through 4.9.9 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (system crash) via (1) an application that makes crafted system calls or possibly (2) IPv4 traffic with invalid IP options.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-476

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
oss-security - Fwd: [scr293903] Linux kernel - upstream MLIST www.openwall.com Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT access.redhat.com
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT access.redhat.com
Android Security Bulletin—July 2017  |  Android Open Source Project CONFIRM source.android.com
[PATH,net] ipv4: keep skb->dst around in presence of IP options - Patchwork CONFIRM patchwork.ozlabs.org Patch, Third Party Advisory
ipv4: keep skb->dst around in presence of IP options · torvalds/linux@34b2cef · GitHub CONFIRM github.com Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git - Linux kernel source tree CONFIRM git.kernel.org Issue Tracking, Patch
Bug 1421638 – CVE-2017-5970 kernel: ipv4: Invalid IP options could cause skb->dst drop CONFIRM bugzilla.redhat.com Issue Tracking, Patch
Linux kernel 'ip_sockglue.c' Denial of Service Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-3791-1 linux DEBIAN www.debian.org
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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