CVE-2017-7487

CVSS V2 High 7.2 CVSS V3 High 7.8
Description
The ipxitf_ioctl function in net/ipx/af_ipx.c in the Linux kernel through 4.11.1 mishandles reference counts, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (use-after-free) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a failed SIOCGIFADDR ioctl call for an IPX interface.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2017-7487
  • Assigner
  • secalert@redhat.com
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Analyzed
  • Published Version
  • 2017-05-14T22:29:00
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2023-02-14T21:37:47
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-416 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/416.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 4.11.1
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
  • Access Vector
  • LOCAL
  • Access Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Integrity Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Availability Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Base Score
  • 7.2
  • Severity
  • HIGH
  • Exploitability Score
  • 3.9
  • Impact Score
  • 10
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.0
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • Attack Vector
  • LOCAL
  • Attack Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Privileges Required
  • LOW
  • User Interaction
  • NONE
  • Scope
  • UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • HIGH
  • Availability Impact
  • HIGH
  • Base Score
  • 7.8
  • Base Severity
  • HIGH
  • Exploitability Score
  • 1.8
  • Impact Score
  • 5.9
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
https://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/757549/ Patch
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/ee0d8d8482345ff97a75a7d747efc309f13b0d80 Issue Tracking Patch Vendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1447734 Issue Tracking Patch
http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=ee0d8d8482345ff97a75a7d747efc309f13b0d80 Patch
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98439
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039237
https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-09-01
http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3886
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-7487
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-7487
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 08:12:12 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-02 16:56:24 2017-05-14T22:29Z 2017-05-14T22:29:00 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-02 16:56:24 2017-11-04T01:29:50 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-02 16:56:24 Modified Vulnerability Status updated
2023-02-14 15:06:46 Modified Undergoing Analysis Vulnerability Status updated
2023-02-14 23:06:50 2023-02-14T21:37:47 CVE Modified Date updated
2023-02-14 23:06:50 Undergoing Analysis Analyzed Vulnerability Status updated