CVE-2018-17977 in Ubuntu

CVE-2018-17977

Priority

Description

The Linux kernel 4.14.67 mishandles certain interaction among XFRM Netlink
messages, IPPROTO_AH packets, and IPPROTO_IP packets, which allows local
users to cause a denial of service (memory consumption and system hang) by
leveraging root access to execute crafted applications, as demonstrated on
CentOS 7.

References

https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-17977
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2018/10/05/5
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1111609

Notes

sbeattie

reporter's detailed descriptions were in google drive
documents which have been made unavailable.

Package

Source: linux (LP Ubuntu Debian)

Upstream:	deferred (2018-10-29)
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Ubuntu 20.04 (Focal Fossa):	deferred (2018-10-29)

Package

Source: linux-aws (LP Ubuntu Debian)

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Package

Source: linux-azure (LP Ubuntu Debian)

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Source: linux-euclid (LP Ubuntu Debian)

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Package

Source: linux-flo (LP Ubuntu Debian)

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Package

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Package

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Updated: 2019-12-05 19:54:40 UTC (commit 0aa5e7c87c8b55d2ec5c7f4ca1179cf75de91961)