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CVE-2017-2647

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Date: March 30, 2017

The KEYS subsystem in the Linux kernel before 3.18 allows local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and system crash) via vectors involving a NULL value for a certain match field, related to the keyring_search_iterator function in keyring.c.

Language: C

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Related Resources (14)

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97258
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-2647
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1428353
https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2017-2647
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2077
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3849-1/
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3849-2/
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2444
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1842
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-2647
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2437
http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=c06cfb08b88dfbe13be44a69ae2fdc3a7c902d81
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/c06cfb08b88dfbe13be44a69ae2fdc3a7c902d81
https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2017-2647

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Weakness Type (CWE)

NULL Pointer Dereference

CWE-476

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CVSS v3.1

Base Score:
Attack Vector (AV): LOCAL
Attack Complexity (AC): LOW
Privileges Required (PR): LOW
User Interaction (UI): NONE
Scope (S): UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C): HIGH
Integrity (I): HIGH
Availability (A): HIGH

CVSS v2

Base Score:
Access Vector (AV): LOCAL
Access Complexity (AC): LOW
Authentication (AU): NONE
Confidentiality (C): COMPLETE
Integrity (I): COMPLETE
Availability (A): COMPLETE
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