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CVE-2017-9074: Potential local user denial of service attack. (Bug #288222)

Product

SteelHead (Appliance)

Fixed in Version:

steelhead 9.7.0, steelhead 9.6.2

Last Modified:

2018-08-15

Summary

DETAILS:

CVE-2017-9074: 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.

FIX:

Applied a patch to correct this issue.

RECOMMENDATION:

Upgrade to a software version with the fix.