CVE-2017-7542

medium

Description

An integer overflow vulnerability in ip6_find_1stfragopt() function was found. A local attacker that has privileges (of CAP_NET_RAW) to open raw socket can cause an infinite loop inside the ip6_find_1stfragopt() function.

References

https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/6399f1fae4ec29fab5ec76070435555e256ca3a6

http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=6399f1fae4ec29fab5ec76070435555e256ca3a6

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99953

http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3945

http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3927

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2931

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2930

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2918

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0169

https://usn.ubuntu.com/3583-2/

https://usn.ubuntu.com/3583-1/

https://help.ecostruxureit.com/display/public/UADCE725/Security+fixes+in+StruxureWare+Data+Center+Expert+v7.6.0

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1473649

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-7542

Details

Source: MITRE

Published: 2017-07-21

Updated: 2023-02-02

Type: CWE-190

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 4.9

Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Impact Score: 6.9

Exploitability Score: 3.9

Severity: MEDIUM

CVSS v3

Base Score: 5.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Impact Score: 3.6

Exploitability Score: 1.8

Severity: MEDIUM