Out-of-bounds Read Affecting kernel-bootwrapper package, versions *
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EPSS
1.34% (87th
percentile)
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-CENTOS7-KERNELBOOTWRAPPER-1984044
- published 26 Jul 2021
- disclosed 5 Feb 2017
Introduced: 5 Feb 2017
CVE-2017-5897 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
There is no fixed version for Centos:7 kernel-bootwrapper.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-bootwrapper package and not the kernel-bootwrapper package as distributed by Centos.
See How to fix? for Centos:7 relevant fixed versions and status.
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.
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96037
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net.git/commit/?id=7892032cfe67f4bde6fc2ee967e45a8fbaf33756
- https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-09-01
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-5897
- http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3791
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/02/07/2
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037794
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3754-1/
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