CVEvulnerability
CVE-2017-13715
9.8 CRITICAL
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2017-08-29
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 9.8 CRITICAL — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 10.0 HIGH — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- Weaknesses
- CWE-665
Description
The __skb_flow_dissect function in net/core/flow_dissector.c in the Linux kernel before 4.3 does not ensure that n_proto, ip_proto, and thoff are initialized, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a single crafted MPLS packet.
Affected configurations
• linux linux kernel (>= 4.2 < 4.3)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-665 Improper Initialization weakness
References
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=a6e544b0a88b53114bfa5a57e21b7be7a8dfc9d0 Issue Tracking, Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2017/q3/345 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100517 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/a6e544b0a88b53114bfa5a57e21b7be7a8dfc9d0 Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=a6e544b0a88b53114bfa5a57e21b7be7a8dfc9d0 Issue Tracking, Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2017/q3/345 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100517 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/a6e544b0a88b53114bfa5a57e21b7be7a8dfc9d0 Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory