vulnerability

Debian: CVE-2017-6214: linux -- security update

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
Feb 23, 2017
Added
Mar 9, 2017
Modified
Aug 15, 2025

Description

The tcp_splice_read function in net/ipv4/tcp.c in the Linux kernel before 4.9.11 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop and soft lockup) via vectors involving a TCP packet with the URG flag.

Solution

debian-upgrade-linux
Title
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