CVEvulnerability

CVE-2017-2634

7.5 HIGH Published 2018-07-27 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2018-07-27
Last modified
2026-06-17
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
7.5 HIGH — CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
7.5 HIGH — CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
7.8 HIGH — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
Weaknesses
CWE-119, CWE-476

Description

It was found that the Linux kernel's Datagram Congestion Control Protocol (DCCP) implementation before 2.6.22.17 used the IPv4-only inet_sk_rebuild_header() function for both IPv4 and IPv6 DCCP connections, which could result in memory corruptions. A remote attacker could use this flaw to crash the system.

Affected configurations

• linux linux kernel (< 2.6.22.17) • redhat enterprise linux desktop 5.0 • redhat enterprise linux server 5.0 • redhat enterprise linux server aus 5.6 • redhat enterprise linux server aus 5.9 • redhat enterprise linux workstation 5.0

Related

Weakness · CWE (2)

  • CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer weakness
  • CWE-476 NULL Pointer Dereference weakness

References