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CVE-2018-17977

Date: October 8, 2018

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.

Severity Score

Related Resources (7)

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-17977
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-17977
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-17977
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2018/10/05/5
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105539
https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2018-17977
https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2018-17977

Severity Score

Weakness Type (CWE)

Uncontrolled Resource Consumption ('Resource Exhaustion')

CWE-400

CVSS v3.1

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

CVSS v2

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