Detections
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CVE-2017-7184
high
Description
The xfrm_replay_verify_len function in net/xfrm/xfrm_user.c in the Linux kernel through 4.10.6 does not validate certain size data after an XFRM_MSG_NEWAE update, which allows local users to obtain root privileges or cause a denial of service (heap-based out-of-bounds access) by leveraging the CAP_NET_ADMIN capability, as demonstrated during a Pwn2Own competition at CanSecWest 2017 for the Ubuntu 16.10 linux-image-* package 4.8.0.41.52.
References
https://twitter.com/thezdi/status/842126074435665920
https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-05-01
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/f843ee6dd019bcece3e74e76ad9df0155655d0df
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/677e806da4d916052585301785d847c3b3e6186a
https://blog.trendmicro.com/results-pwn2own-2017-day-one/
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:4159
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2931
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2930
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2918
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038166
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97018
http://www.eweek.com/security/ubuntu-linux-falls-on-day-1-of-pwn2own-hacking-competition