Denial of service in Linux kernel - CVE-2017-14489

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Denial of service in Linux kernel - CVE-2017-14489

Published: February 26, 2018 / Updated: September 14, 2018


Vulnerability identifier: #VU10720
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 6.8 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2017-14489
CWE-ID: CWE-20
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability: Public exploit is available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a local attacker to cause DoS condition on the target system.

The weakness exists in the drivers/scsi/scsi_transport_iscsi.c due to leveraging incorrect length validation. A local attacker can cause a denial of service.

Affected software

Linux kernel
SUSE Linux
Ubuntu

How to mitigate CVE-2017-14489

Install update from vendor's website.


Links to Public Exploits and PoC-codes

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