Heap-based Buffer Overflow Affecting kernel-doc package, versions *
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-CENTOS7-KERNELDOC-1975443
- published 26 Jul 2021
- disclosed 28 Aug 2017
Introduced: 28 Aug 2017
CVE-2017-14497 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
There is no fixed version for Centos:7 kernel-doc.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-doc package and not the kernel-doc package as distributed by Centos.
See How to fix? for Centos:7 relevant fixed versions and status.
The tpacket_rcv function in net/packet/af_packet.c in the Linux kernel before 4.13 mishandles vnet headers, which might allow local users to cause a denial of service (buffer overflow, and disk and memory corruption) or possibly have unspecified other impact via crafted system calls.
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100871
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=edbd58be15a957f6a760c4a514cd475217eb97fd
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1492593
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/edbd58be15a957f6a760c4a514cd475217eb97fd
- https://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=150394500728906&w=2
- https://marc.info/?t=150394517700001&r=1&w=2
- https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2018-01-01
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-14497
- http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3981
- http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2017/q3/476
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039371
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040106
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