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Debian: CVE-2017-14106: linux -- security update

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Debian: CVE-2017-14106: linux -- security update

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Published
09/01/2017
Created
07/25/2018
Added
09/25/2017
Modified
02/24/2020

Description

The tcp_disconnect function in net/ipv4/tcp.c in the Linux kernel before 4.12 allows local users to cause a denial of service (__tcp_select_window divide-by-zero error and system crash) by triggering a disconnect within a certain tcp_recvmsg code path.

Solution(s)

  • debian-upgrade-linux

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