CVE-2017-5970
- Source
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-5970
- Import Source
- https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2017-5970.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2017-5970
- Downstream
- Related
- Published
- 2017-02-14T06:59:00Z
- Modified
- 2025-08-09T19:01:26Z
- Severity
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- 7.5 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
- Summary
- [none]
- Details
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The ipv4pktinfoprepare function in net/ipv4/ip_sockglue.c in the Linux kernel through 4.9.9 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (system crash) via (1) an application that makes crafted system calls or possibly (2) IPv4 traffic with invalid IP options.
- References
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- http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3791
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/02/12/3
- 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://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/34b2cef20f19c87999fff3da4071e66937db9644
- https://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/724136/
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=34b2cef20f19c87999fff3da4071e66937db9644
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1421638
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96233
- https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-07-01