vulnerability

Debian: CVE-2017-7482: linux -- security update

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
Aug 3, 2017
Added
Aug 7, 2017
Modified
Aug 15, 2025

Description

In the Linux kernel before version 4.12, Kerberos 5 tickets decoded when using the RXRPC keys incorrectly assumes the size of a field. This could lead to the size-remaining variable wrapping and the data pointer going over the end of the buffer. This could possibly lead to memory corruption and possible privilege escalation.

Solution

debian-upgrade-linux
Title
NEW

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