UBUNTU-CVE-2017-5970

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2017-5970

    Published: 14 Feb 2017Last Modified: 22 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2017-5970
    Aliases:
    USN-3265-1
    USN-3265-2
    USN-3361-1

    Summary:

    Details: The ipv4_pktinfo_prepare 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: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-5970, http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=34b2cef20f19c87999fff3da4071e66937db9644, http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/02/12/3, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1421638, https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/34b2cef20f19c87999fff3da4071e66937db9644, https://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/724136/, 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-3422-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3422-2, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-5970

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: linux

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

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -3.13.0-132.181

    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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