Denial of service in Linux kernel - CVE-2017-9075

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Denial of service in Linux kernel - CVE-2017-9075

Published: June 29, 2017 / Updated: July 3, 2017


Vulnerability identifier: #VU7246
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-2017-9075
CWE-ID: CWE-20
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

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

The weakness exists due to an error in sctp_v6_create_accept_sk function in net/sctp/ipv6.c.A local attacker can use specially crafted system calls and cause the system to crash.

Successful exploitation of the vulnerability results in denial of service.

Affected software

Linux kernel
SUSE Linux
Ubuntu
Fedora
kernel

How to mitigate CVE-2017-9075

Update to version 4.11.2.

kernel - addressed in versions 4.10.17-100.fc24, 4.10.17-200.fc25, 4.11.2-300.fc26, 4.11.3-101.fc24, 4.11.3-200.fc25, 4.11.4-100.fc24

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