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CVE-2018-17977

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CVSS 3.0
4.4 medium
EPSS
<1%p31
Published
()
Modified
Description

The Linux kernel 4.14.67 mishandles certain interaction among XFRM Netlink messages, IPPROTO_AH packets, and IPPROTO_IP packets, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory consumption and system hang) by leveraging root access to execute crafted applications, as demonstrated on CentOS 7.

Vendors
linux
Products
linux kernel
Weakness
CWE-400
Vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVD CVE.org GitHub PoCs EPSS (0.4%)

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