CVE-2018-17977

unknown
Published — · Modified —
CVSS v3
VIR risk

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.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

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OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
suse slesaffected
debian debianbookwormaffected
debian debianbullseyeaffected
debian debianforkyaffected
debian debiansidaffected
debian debiantrixieaffected

References

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Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.