vulnerability

CentOS Linux: CVE-2017-9074: Important: kernel security, bug fix, and enhancement update (Multiple Advisories)

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
May 19, 2017
Added
Feb 1, 2018
Modified
May 25, 2023

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.

Solutions

centos-upgrade-kernelcentos-upgrade-kernel-rt

References

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