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Vulnerability CVE-2018-17977
Published: 2018-10-08
| Description: |
The Linux kernel 4.14.67 mishandles certain interaction among XFRM Netlink messages, IPPROTO_AH packets, and IPPROTO_IP packets, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory consumption and system hang) by leveraging root access to execute crafted applications, as demonstrated on CentOS 7. |
Type:
CWE-400 (Uncontrolled Resource Consumption ('Resource Exhaustion'))
CVSS2 => (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
| CVSS Base Score |
Impact Subscore |
Exploitability Subscore |
4.9/10 |
6.9/10 |
3.9/10 |
| Exploit range |
Attack complexity |
Authentication |
Local |
Low |
No required |
| Confidentiality impact |
Integrity impact |
Availability impact |
None |
None |
Complete |
References: |
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105539
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2018/10/05/5
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