CVE-2017-9075

HIGH

Description

The sctp_v6_create_accept_sk function in net/sctp/ipv6.c in the Linux kernel through 4.11.1 mishandles inheritance, which allows local users to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via crafted system calls, a related issue to CVE-2017-8890.

References

http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=fdcee2cbb8438702ea1b328fb6e0ac5e9a40c7f8

http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3886

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98597

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1842

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2077

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2669

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1854

https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/fdcee2cbb8438702ea1b328fb6e0ac5e9a40c7f8

https://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/763569/

https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-10-01

Details

Source: MITRE

Published: 2017-05-19

Updated: 2018-06-20

Type: CWE-19

Risk Information

CVSS v2.0

Base Score: 7.2

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

Impact Score: 10

Exploitability Score: 3.9

Severity: HIGH

CVSS v3.0

Base Score: 7.8

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

Impact Score: 5.9

Exploitability Score: 1.8

Severity: HIGH