CVE-2018-17977

CVSS V2 Medium 4.9 CVSS V3 Medium 4.4
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.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2018-17977
  • Assigner
  • cve@mitre.org
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Analyzed
  • Published Version
  • 2018-10-08T17:29:00
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2018-11-26T15:51:30
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-400 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/400.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:4.14.67:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
  • Access Vector
  • LOCAL
  • Access Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • NONE
  • Integrity Impact
  • NONE
  • Availability Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Base Score
  • 4.9
  • Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 3.9
  • Impact Score
  • 6.9
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.0
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • Attack Vector
  • LOCAL
  • Attack Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Privileges Required
  • HIGH
  • User Interaction
  • NONE
  • Scope
  • UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • NONE
  • Availability Impact
  • HIGH
  • Base Score
  • 4.4
  • Base Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 0.8
  • Impact Score
  • 3.6
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2018/10/05/5 Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105539 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-17977
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-17977
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 17:51:47 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-03 13:02:40 2018-10-08T17:29Z 2018-10-08T17:29:00 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-03 13:02:40 2018-11-26T15:51:30 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-03 13:02:40 Analyzed Vulnerability Status updated