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critical9.8

CVE-2017-5897

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…

Impact

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.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versions
LinuxLinux Kernel
from 3.7 before 3.10.106
from 3.11 before 3.12.71
from 3.13 before 3.16.41
from 3.17 before 3.18.49
from 3.19 before 4.4.50
from 4.5 before 4.9.11
CanonicalUbuntu Linux
Version 14.04
DebianDebian Linux
Version 8.0

Weakness classification

References