vulnerability
Red Hat: CVE-2017-9242: Important: kernel security, bug fix, and enhancement update (Multiple Advisories)
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C) | 2017-05-26 | 2017-08-03 | 2021-03-03 |
Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Published
2017-05-26
Added
2017-08-03
Modified
2021-03-03
Description
The __ip6_append_data function in net/ipv6/ip6_output.c in the Linux kernel through 4.11.3 is too late in checking whether an overwrite of an skb data structure may occur, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (system crash) via crafted system calls.
Solution(s)
redhat-upgrade-kernelredhat-upgrade-kernel-rt
References
- BID-98731
- DEBIAN-DLA-993-1
- DEBIAN-DSA-3886
- NVD-CVE-2017-9242
- REDHAT-RHSA-2017:1842
- REDHAT-RHSA-2017:2077
- UBUNTU-USN-3324-1
- UBUNTU-USN-3325-1
- UBUNTU-USN-3326-1
- UBUNTU-USN-3327-1
- UBUNTU-USN-3328-1
- UBUNTU-USN-3329-1
- UBUNTU-USN-3330-1
- UBUNTU-USN-3331-1
- UBUNTU-USN-3332-1
- UBUNTU-USN-3333-1
- UBUNTU-USN-3334-1
- UBUNTU-USN-3335-1
- UBUNTU-USN-3342-1
- UBUNTU-USN-3342-2
- UBUNTU-USN-3343-1
- UBUNTU-USN-3343-2
- UBUNTU-USN-3344-1
- UBUNTU-USN-3344-2
- UBUNTU-USN-3345-1
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