UBUNTU-CVE-2017-9074

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2017-9074

    Published: 19 May 2017Last Modified: 26 Aug 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2017-9074
    Aliases:
    USN-3342-1
    USN-3342-2
    USN-3343-1

    Summary:

    Details: The IPv6 fragmentation implementation in the Linux kernel through 4.11.1 does not consider that the nexthdr field may be associated with an invalid option, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and BUG) or possibly have unspecified other impact via crafted socket and send system calls.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-9074, http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=2423496af35d94a87156b063ea5cedffc10a70a1, https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/2423496af35d94a87156b063ea5cedffc10a70a1, https://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/763117/, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3342-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3343-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3344-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3344-2, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3345-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3343-2, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3342-2, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3360-2, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-9074

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: linux

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/linux?arch=source&distro=trusty

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -3.13.0-123.172

    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