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CVE-2017-9074

Published: May 19, 2017

Modified: Aug 5, 2024

PUBLISHED

Description

The IPv6 fragmentation implementation in the Linux kernel through 4.11.1 does not consider that the nexthdr field may be associated with an invalid option, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and BUG) or possibly have unspecified other impact via crafted socket and send system calls.

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	affected `n/a`

References

vdb-entry

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https://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/763117/

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https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/2423496af35d94a87156b063ea5cedffc10a70a1

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vendor-advisory

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vendor-advisory

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https://help.ecostruxureit.com/display/public/UADCE725/Security+fixes+in+StruxureWare+Data+Center+Expert+v7.6.0

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vendor-advisory

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vendor-advisory

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vendor-advisory

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http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=2423496af35d94a87156b063ea5cedffc10a70a1

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