UBUNTU-CVE-2017-5897

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2017-5897

    Published: 23 Mar 2017Last Modified: 22 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2017-5897
    Aliases:
    USN-3265-1
    USN-3265-2
    USN-3361-1

    Summary:

    Details: The ip6gre_err function in net/ipv6/ip6_gre.c in the Linux kernel allows remote attackers to have unspecified impact via vectors involving GRE flags in an IPv6 packet, which trigger an out-of-bounds access.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-5897, https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/next/linux-next.git/commit/?id=7892032cfe67f4bde6fc2ee967e45a8fbaf33756, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1419848, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3265-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3265-2, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3361-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3754-1, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-5897

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: linux

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]?arch=source&distro=trusty

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -3.13.0-157.207

    Affected versions

    3.11.0-12.19

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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